The evolution of Ebola virus: Insights from the 2013-2016 epidemic

Nature

Volumn 538, Issue 7624, 2016, Pages 193-200

  Holmes, Edward C ^a   Dudas, Gytis ^b,c   Rambaut, Andrew ^c,d   Andersen, Kristian G ^e,f  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EBOLAVIRUS; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAKONA EBOLAVIRUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFYING SELECTION; REVIEW; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

WEST AFRICA;

EBOLA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; EBOLAVIRUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84991738235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19790     Document Type: Review

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