Scientists from the UK have conducted multiple studies of one of the non-dangerous subspecies of the Ebola virus. The name of the virus is Reston, and with a number of small mutations, it can cause a serious epidemic among humanity.
Scientists from the University of Kent in Canterbury, which is located in the UK, have conducted multiple analyzes of one of the subspecies of the Ebola virus, which currently does not pose a threat to humanity and is common only among cynomolgus monkeys and is asymptomatic in domestic pigs in the Philippines.
Scientists have conducted research on genomes and viral proteins. With a certain small mutation of the proteins of the virus, transmission of the disease by airborne droplets is possible, which will lead to a massive epidemic and multiple deaths.
Thus, the Reston subspecies in ebolaviruses can become extremely dangerous for the entire population of the Earth. During the epidemic of the subspecies Zaire in 2013, which was observed in different countries of the world for two years, more than 11 thousand people died, and the mortality rate for the disease went off scale for 90%.
Ana McKenzie