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Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4431643

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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In its largest outbreak, Ebola virus disease is spreading through Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. We sequenced 99 Ebola virus genomes from 78 patients in Sierra Leone to ~2000× coverage. We observed a rapid accumulation of interhost and intrahost genetic variation, allowing us to characterize patterns of viral transmission over the init...

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Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4431643

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4431643

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0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.1259657

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