Ebola Virus Epidemiology, Transmission, and Evolution during Seven Months in Sierra Leone

J. Park, Daniel; Dudas, Gytis; Wohl, Shirlee; Goba, Augustine; Whitmer, Shannon; G. Andersen, Kristian; Sealfon, Rachel; T. Ladner, Jason; R. Kugelman, Jeffrey; B. Matranga, Christian; Winnicki, S; Qu, James; Gire, Stephen; Gladden-Young, Adrianne; Jalloh, Simbirie; Nosamiefan, Dolo; L. Yozwiak, Nathan; Moses, Lina; Jiang, Pan-Pan; E. Lin, Aaron; F. Schaffner, S.; H. Bird, Brian; S. Towner, Jonathan; Mamoh, Mambu; Gbakie, Michael; Kanneh, Lansana; Kargbo, David; L.B. Massally, James; Kamara, Fatima; Konuwa, Edwin; Sellu, Josephine; A. Jalloh, Abdul; Mustapha, Ibrahim; Foday, Momoh; Yillah, Mohamed; R. Erickson, Bobbie; K. Sealy, Tara; M. Blau, Dianna; D. Paddock, Christopher; C. Brault, Aaron; R. Amman, Brian; Basile, Jane; W. Bearden, Scott; A. Belser, Jessica; Bergeron, Éric; Campbell, Shelley; K. Chakrabarti, Ayan; A. Dodd, Kimberly; Flint, Mike; Gibbons, Aridth; H. Goodman, Christin; D. Klena, John; K. McMullan, Laura; Morgan, Laura; J. Russell, Brandy; S. Salzer, Johanna; J. Sanchez, Angela; Wang, David; Jungreis, Irwin; H. Tomkins-Tinch, Christopher; Kislyuk, Andrey; F. Lin, Michael; B. Chapman, Sinéad; MacInnis, Bronwyn; Matthews, Ashley; Bochicchio, James; E. Hensley, Lisa; H. Kuhn, Jens; Nusbaum, Chad; S. Schieffelin, John; W. Birren, Bruce; Forget, Marc; T. Nichol, Stuart; Palacios, Gustavo; Ndiaye, Daouda; Happi, Christian; M. Gevao, Sahr; Vandi, Mohamed; Kargbo, Brima; C. Holmes, Edward; Bedford, Trevor; Gnirke, Andreas; Ströher, Ute; Rambaut, Andrew; F. Garry, Robert; C. Sabeti, Pardis

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.007

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Ebola Virus Epidemiology, Transmission, and Evolution during Seven Months in Sierra Leone

Published in Cell • Jun 1, 2015

Authors:

Daniel J. Park

Gytis Dudas

Shirlee Wohl

Abstract

The 2013-2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic is caused by the Makona variant of Ebola virus (EBOV). Early in the epidemic, genome sequencing provided insights into virus evolution and transmission and offered important information for outbreak response. Here, we analyze sequences from 232 patien...

Subject

Sierra leone

Biology

Ebola virus

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