Rapid outbreak sequencing of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone identifies transmission chains linked to sporadic cases

Virus Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Arias, Armando ^a   Watson, Simon J ^b   Asogun, Danny ^c,d   Tobin, Ekaete Alice ^c,d   Lu, Jia ^a   Phan, My V T ^b   Jah, Umaru ^e   Wadoum, Raoul Emeric Guetiya ^e   Meredith, Luke ^a   Thorne, Lucy ^a   Caddy, Sarah ^a   Tarawalie, Alimamy ^e   Langat, Pinky ^b   Dudas, Gytis ^f   Faria, Nuno R ^g   Dellicour, Simon ^g   Kamara, Abdul ^h   Kargbo, Brima ^h   Kamara, Brima Osaio ^h   Gevao, Sahr ^h   Cooper, Daniel ⁱ   Newport, Matthew ⁱ   Horby, Peter ^j   Dunning, Jake ^j   Sahr, Foday ^k   Brooks, Tim ^l   Simpson, Andrew J H ^l   Groppelli, Elisabetta ^l   Liu, Guoying ^m   Mulakken, Nisha ^m   Rhodes, Kate ^m   Akpablie, James ⁿ   Yoti, Zabulon ⁿ   Lamunu, Margaret ⁿ   Vitto, Esther ⁿ   Otim, Patrick ⁿ   Owilli, Collins ⁿ   Boateng, Isaac ⁿ   Okoror, Lawrence ^o   Omomoh, Emmanuel ^c,d   Oyakhilome, Jennifer ^c,d   Omiunu, Racheal ^c,d   Yemisis, Ighodalo ^c,d   Adomeh, Donatus ^c,d   Ehikhiametalor, Solomon ^c,d   Akhilomen, Patience ^c,d   Aire, Chris ^c,d   Kurth, Andreas ^d,p   Cook, Nicola ^d,l   Baumann, Jan ^d   Gabriel, Martin ^d   Wölfel, Roman ^d,q   Di Caro, Antonino ^d,r   Carroll, Miles W ^d,l   Günther, Stephan ^d   Redd, John ^s   Naidoo, Dhamari ⁿ   Pybus, Oliver G ^g   Rambaut, Andrew ^f,t   Kellam, Paul ^b,u   Goodfellow, Ian ^a,e   Cotten, Matthew ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Sylvanus Koroma Campus   (Sierra Leone)

^f Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Sierra Leone Ministry of Defense   (Sierra Leone)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence and Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces   (Sierra Leone)

^l PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^m Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

ⁿ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^o Federal University   (Nigeria)

^p ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^q BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^r NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^s CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Ebola virus; evolution; outbreak sequencing.; transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85084326675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20571577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ve/vew016     Document Type: Article

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