Three hours later, when the four vehicles returned to Life Sciences City again, checkpoints had been set up at the city's entrances and exits.
A gate made of steel stood in the middle of the road, and several security guards from the black security service department were standing on the roadside wearing protective clothing and holding firearms.
"Oh Falk... I said guys, are you going to play "Resident Evil"?"
As several cars stopped at the checkpoint, one of the security guards stepped forward and shouted at the man in the jeep, "Isn't that too exaggerated?"
Unfortunately, his colleagues in the jeep ignored him.
"We did go to an epidemic area."
Herbert stepped out of the car to resolve the other party's embarrassment. He took out a document and handed it to the other party, while looking back at the ambulance he was riding in.
Only then did he understand why the other party would say such things.
The white ambulance was actually covered with dense bloody handprints. Just by seeing these handprints, Herbert could feel how desperate the villagers must have been at that time.
"Why… "
Sighing secretly, the security guard also checked the document at this time. After confirming that it was correct, he returned it to Herbert, "The car cannot be entered. You have to walk in, but there will be someone inside to pick you up."
"OK."
Herbert nodded, and everyone got out of the car together, pushing the isolation capsule into the negative pressure tent and starting disinfection.
These people will not be allowed to enter the Life Sciences City until they are thoroughly disinfected.
Another complicated process followed until two or three hours passed before the four infected people were finally sent to the research center.
Their blood samples were sent to a Level 4 biosafety laboratory that had never been officially operational since its establishment.
The Level 4 biosafety laboratory, the so-called international BSL-4 laboratory, is a laboratory specially used to study the most dangerous viruses in the world. This level of laboratory is extremely rare in the entire Earth Federation. Currently, There are only sixty-eight on record.
Chen Chen’s is the only private BSL-4 laboratory in the world.
In the laboratory at this time, several top microbiologists such as Bernhard and Evans were summoned here. These people wore closed isolation suits and the entire experiment would be completed on a negative pressure ultra-clean table.
"The grinding solution of the infected person's blood has been completed. Where are the human kidney cell culture dishes?"
"it's here."
"Okay, I've dropped in the grinding fluid, let's see what kind of virus this is."
In the BSL-4 laboratory, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed. At this time, Bernhard asked his assistants to test blood samples, while he, Evans and others conducted another processing method.
Half an hour later, as everyone put the human kidney cell culture dish into the electron microscope for observation, the true face of the virus was finally revealed on the display.
But when they saw it, many people couldn't help but gasp.
On the screen, human kidney cells were completely destroyed under the attack of this virus. The cell membrane was broken and the organelles were in disarray. On the broken cell remains, there were countless thread-like things densely scattered...
"It is indeed a filovirus."
Seeing this scene, Evans sighed in a low voice, "It's basically certain that so far, the Earth Federation has only discovered two filoviruses, and both of these viruses are pathogens with the highest biosafety level."
"The specific results still depend on the assistant."
Bernhard waved his hand, turned to the busy people on the other side and said, "Joseph, what are the results of your serum test?"
"The test results have come out."
An assistant quickly came over and handed the experimental report into Bernhard's hand, "Professor, the virus in this outbreak has a cross-antibody reaction with the Zaire virus, and the antibody antigen reaction is positive."
"impossible!"
Upon hearing this, Evans on the side immediately said, "This is definitely not the Zaire type!"
"If it were the Zaire Ebola virus, it would be easier to deal with."
Bernhard was also startled, and then he looked thoughtful, "Although the fatality rate of Zaire Ebola virus reaches 90%, the only way to infect it is through body fluids, which can be easily blocked. . ”
"So this virus is definitely not Zaire, but a new subspecies of virus that is very similar to Zaire Ebola."
Evans nodded, "Just like Reston Ebola."
Everyone looked surprised when they heard this.
After all, among the known types of Ebola virus, each subspecies has different infectivity and symptoms. Among them, the fatality rate of Zaire type is 90%, and the fatality rate of Sudan type is 50%. This is Both are spread through body fluids and are not highly contagious.
The most contagious is a subspecies called Reston type.
This is an airborne Ebola virus that is almost identical to the Zaire virus. Fortunately, this virus can only kill monkeys but is not pathogenic to humans.
But when Reston type Ebola was first discovered, many people were worried - what would happen if Reston type Ebola mutates one day and starts to have an effect on humans
No one dares to imagine, because at that time, a catastrophe will surely come.
And now, it seems that all this is really happening...
"Professor, we have analyzed the entire glycoprotein gene sequence of the isolated virus and found that 98.9% of the nucleic acid of this virus is identical to Reston virus."
Another assistant also came over and handed over a lab report.
"Very good, now that it can be basically confirmed, this is indeed a mutated form of the Reston type Ebola virus."
Looking at the report in his hand, Bernhard looked more serious, "In other words, this is an Ebola virus that can spread through the air."
"You continue to decipher his genetic map. I will send the first report to Boss first."
Evans said, "By the way, let's brainstorm and name the virus so we can report it to the WHO. After all, as the first to discover this new virus, we have the right to name the virus."
When everyone heard this, they looked at me and I looked at you, and they all showed hesitation.
"How about calling it Namibian Ebola virus?" an assistant said.
"No, we were obviously the first to discover the new virus, why should Namibia take the credit?" another aide retorted.
"How about calling him a Bernhard Evans type?" a third assistant suggested.
"How is this possible? Let's call it Chenchen Ebola..." Evans quickly waved his hand.
"Okay, what's so modest about this? Let's name it after our company."
Bernhard on the side said, "Black light virus, this is a very good name, I believe the boss will be satisfied with it."
"Too."
Everyone nodded.
In this way, the name of the new virus was officially named.