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Molecular evolution of viruses of the family Filoviridae based on 97 whole-genome sequences.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2013
Carroll Serena A, Towner Jonathan S, Sealy Tara K, McMullan Laura K, Khristova Marina L, Burt Felicity J, Swanepoel Robert, Rollin Pierre E, Nichol Stuart T
Abstract excerpt
Viruses in the Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus genera (family Filoviridae) have been associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in human and nonhuman primates. The first documented cases occurred in primates over 45 years ago, but the amount of virus genetic diversity detected within bat populations, which have recently been identified as potential reservoir hosts, suggests that the filoviruses are much...
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