> To: virology at net.bio.net> From: comm49c4 at uhcl2.cl.uh.edu (COMM49C4)
> Subject: Ebola host
> What is the current theory on a plant being the natural host for Ebola instead
> of an animal, anybody?
Up in the air, like all theories on Ebola hosts...! Only the plant
theory is more up than most, given it is the least likely. Despite
tantalising anecdotal evidence of filo-like particles in plants with
an undescribed disease from N America.... Most likely an insect or
arthropod.
