New outbreak of Ebola in northeastern DRC only one week after another was declared over. Four positive cases with ~26 suspected - unclear at this stage whether this is Zaire or Sudan ebolavirus.https://www.statnews.com/2018/08/01/new-ebola-outbreak-declared/ …
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So EBOV as it turns out. Big question (to a viral phylogeneticist) is how does it relate to the other 2018, the 2017 and the 2014 DRC outbreaks of EBOV?
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Interestingly, according to the NYT it still hasn’t been confirmed that it’s Zaire... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo-war-zone.html …pic.twitter.com/Cxjs0Taz1X
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Peter Salama: He cautioned that although it’s “very likely” the current outbreak is caused by the Zaire species, researchers won’t know for certain until they complete the sequencing of the virus. That should occur by 7 August, he said.” -http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/updated-deadly-ebola-surfaces-africa-s-center-yet-again …
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