date:Jul 24, 2012
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In the case of Hepatitis E, wild boars were originally the virus's reservoir, but there are now indications domestic swine may be serving as a reservoir.
As for bioterrorism, Bausch said the answer is not a definite no. He did say it's difficult to come up with a scenario that does not have a some fatal flaw. It is not as simple as putting a dangerous virus in a crop duster.
A greater cause for fear might be prion diseases because they do not react to applications of things like heat, w