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Elucidating variations in the nucleotide sequence of Ebola virus associated with increasing pathogenicity
1 Jan 2014
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BACKGROUND: Ebolaviruses causes a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans, with some species such as Ebola virus having case fatality rates approaching 90%. Currently the worst Ebola virus outbreak since the disease was discovered is occurring in West Africa. Although thought to be a zoonotic infection, a concern is that with increasing numbers of humans being infected, Ebola virus variants could be...
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