Ebola Re-emergence in Liberia Involved Virus With Reduced Evolutionary Rate, Study Suggests

Apr 29, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The mutational rate appears to have waned slightly in Ebola viruses that re-emerged in Liberia after that country's main outbreak subsided, according to a study published today in Science Advances.

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