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Ebola Virus Appears to Undergo Distinct Changes in Bat, Human Host Cell Line Experiments

Aug 18, 2020
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NEW YORK – New research from a University of California at San Francisco and University of Texas Medical Branch team suggests that the changes that arise in the Ebola virus (EBOV) as it grows in passaged cell lines differ depending on the host source of those cells, offering potential support for the notion that bats act as a natural reservoir for the often-deadly filovirus.

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