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. 2014 Oct 8;16(4):419-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.09.012.

Portrait of a killer: genome of the 2014 EBOV outbreak strain

Christopher F Basler  1
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Portrait of a killer: genome of the 2014 EBOV outbreak strain

Christopher F Basler. Cell Host Microbe. .
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A recent study by Gire et al. (2014) identifies differences that make the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus unique and details how the virus spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone. This work highlights the power of new genomic technologies to facilitate rapid public health and scientific responses to the crisis.

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  • Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak.
    Gire SK, Goba A, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Park DJ, Kanneh L, Jalloh S, Momoh M, Fullah M, Dudas G, Wohl S, Moses LM, Yozwiak NL, Winnicki S, Matranga CB, Malboeuf CM, Qu J, Gladden AD, Schaffner SF, Yang X, Jiang PP, Nekoui M, Colubri A, Coomber MR, Fonnie M, Moigboi A, Gbakie M, Kamara FK, Tucker V, Konuwa E, Saffa S, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Kovoma A, Koninga J, Mustapha I, Kargbo K, Foday M, Yillah M, Kanneh F, Robert W, Massally JL, Chapman SB, Bochicchio J, Murphy C, Nusbaum C, Young S, Birren BW, Grant DS, Scheiffelin JS, Lander ES, Happi C, Gevao SM, Gnirke A, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Khan SH, Sabeti PC. Gire SK, et al. Science. 2014 Sep 12;345(6202):1369-72. doi: 10.1126/science.1259657. Epub 2014 Aug 28. Science. 2014. PMID: 25214632 Free PMC article.

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