date:Jul 24, 2012
e the threat is limited to the group
Mostly we do not see Ebola as a foodborne illness except in such special circumstances, he said.
The rodents in West Africa that carry the Lassa virus mean it also can become a foodborne disease. Everybody has these rodents around their houses, he says. But Lassa fever remains in the area near the virus reservoirs-the rodents.
For Nipah virus, where the pigs in Malaysia are apparent reservoirs, large hog operations owned by China may be a contributing favo