We observed a rapid accumulation of
interhost
and intrahost genetic variation, allowing us to
characterize patterns of viral transmission over the initial weeks of
the
epidemic.
This West African variant likely
diverged from Middle African lineages ~2004, crossed from Guinea to
Sierra Leone
in May 2014, and has exhibited sustained
human-to-human transmission subsequently, with no evidence of additional
zoonotic
sources. Since many of the mutations alter
protein sequences and other biologically meaningful targets, they should
be monitored
for impact on diagnostics, vaccines, and
therapies critical to outbreak response.
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1259657
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Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1259657
Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak
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