Can Ebola Reston virus affect humans?
To date, a total of five persons thought to have come in contact with sick pigs in the Philippines have tested positive for Ebola Reston Virus (ERV) antibodies (IgG): one backyard pig farmer from Valenzuela City, a neighbourhood within Metro Manila, two pig farm workers in Bulacan and one farm worker in Pangasinan (the two farms currently under quarantine in northern Luzon) and one butcher from a slaughterhouse in Pangasinan.