ebola reston virus

ebola reston virus was found in the hog farms on the 3 provinceshere in the country namely in bulacan,pangasinan and nueva ecija.all the hog farms were now in quarantine and if by any chance that they sell the meat to the market the DOH assures that it has no effect at all to people's health.and the DOH added that to make sure that the meat that they bought is safe they have to cook the meat properly because heat kills the virus.
however,no matter what the DOH says about the virus the fact that the meat has a virus,it's still have a psychological effect to me.to be safe i wouldnt eat meat and chicken for the meantime( because in hongkong 80,000 chicken was killed because of bird's flu).it is better to be safe than indulge myself to food that is not yet proven safe.
here are ome facts about ebola reston virus...


The Reston species of EBOV is unique in that it originated in Asia, while the other filoviruses have their origins in Africa. EBOV Reston emerged in 1989/90 as the causative agent of an epizootic among a group of cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) imported from the Philippines into the United States. Subsequently, at least two more introductions of EBOV Reston have occurred in the United States and Italy. Epidemiological investigations in the Philippines have documented active virus transmission in the primate export facility which was the source of all the shipments of infected monkeys. Despite pathogenicity for non-human primates, EBOV Reston has never been associated with any notable disease in man. However, serological investigations documented at least eight seroconversions among exposed animal handlers, which suggests that EBOV Reston infections in humans are infrequent and lead to either asymptomatic or subclinical courses

reference:http://pathport.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/Ebola.html