This has to be one of *the* most irresponsible press releases I have ever seen. Let me elaborate...https://twitter.com/EcoHealthNYC/status/1022567864656699392 …
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1/ Leading this with a reference to the 2014-2016 epidemic to hype the finding is uncalled for and creates unnecessary confusion and panic.
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2/ No publication. No preprint. No data. Nothing available to check these findings.
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3/ Confusing 'strain' with 'species'. Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus) is a 'species' designation of the genus Ebolavirus, which come in different pathogenic 'strains' (or 'variants') - e.g. Kikwit Ebola virus, Makona Ebola virus - all of which have caused outbreaks.
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4/ So is 'Bombali' a new species ('Bombali ebolavirus'), or a new strain of Zaire ebolavirus ('Bombali Ebola virus')?
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Als antwoord op @K_G_Andersen
Either would be a new genus, correct? (I think I'm misunderstanding you and am quite curious to know - thanks!)
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Als antwoord op @Paleophile
Nope - genus (Ebolavirus) is above both species and strain. Presumably Bombali virus (it’s now clarified that it’s a new species - not strain) is in that genus. ‘Presumably’ because we don’t know if that’s accurate until we can see the data (defining a new species can be tricky)
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Als antwoord op @K_G_Andersen
Ahhhh...the way you wrote, e.g., "Bombali ebolavirus," I thought you were making "Bombali" the genus and "ebolavirus" the species (as in "Homo sapiens"). I'm still not sure I'm properly sorting out your 3rd tweet in the thread, but I'll work on it... Thanks.
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The taxonomy of Ebola is horrible
. Very confusing!
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Als antwoord op @K_G_Andersen
Haha, thanks - that makes me feel better! ;-)
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