What happened to the Reston monkey house?

Hazelton abandoned the Reston facility in 1990, and the company was later swallowed up by a competitor. The monkey house was torn down a few years later. The new building there hosts several small offices and a day-care center. Some of the office park workers are aware of the site’s history; many are not.

What happened to the Ebola infected monkeys?

All the macaques succumbed to Ebola virus disease and were euthanized six to nine days after infection. The scientists then took reproductive tissue samples from each macaque and analyzed the samples for signs of Ebola virus infection, organ and tissue damage, and immune responses.

How many humans died from Ebola Reston?

A total of 28,616 cases of EVD and 11,310 deaths were reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. There were an additional 36 cases and 15 deaths that occurred when the outbreak spread outside of these three countries.

Do monkeys get Ebola?

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a deadly disease with occasional outbreaks that occur mostly on the African continent. EVD most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates (such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).

What was Nancy’s involvement with the Ebola monkeys?

Nancy Jaax is wearing protective gear as she works to identify the virus in the TV show. She comes in contact with Ebola-infected monkey blood despite wearing gloves – and the blood touches an open wound. She did in fact have a glove issue in another case but not when investigating Ebola-Reston, says Geisbert.

How did the monkeys survive the Reston virus?

Following the test at the CDC campus in DeKalb County, two of the monkeys who had survived Reston virus infection were infected with a very large dose of the Ebola virus in an effort to produce an Ebola vaccine. One of the two monkeys remained resistant; the second died.

What was the level of Ebola in Reston?

It is what the CDC calls a “Biosafety Level 4” virus – highly infectious and highly lethal. In 1989, at what was known as the “monkey house” in Reston, Ebola never crossed the minds of caretakers and researchers trying to find out why the crab-eating macaques from the Philippines kept getting sick and dying.

When was the monkey house in Reston VA torn down?

Hazelton abandoned the Reston facility in 1990, and the company was later swallowed up by a competitor. The monkey house was torn down a few years later. The new building there hosts several small offices and a day-care center. Some of the office park workers are aware of the site’s history; many are not.

Who was exposed to Ebola at Hazelton Monkey House?

Officials from the Virginia Department of Health and CDC monitored and tested the workers at Hazelton and the Institute who had been exposed to a new strain of Ebola that had proved so fatal to the monkeys. None of those exposed, Geisbert and Jahrling included, fell ill with the virus.