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Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014.
- Source :
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Viruses [Viruses] 2014 Nov 24; Vol. 6 (11), pp. 4760-99. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 24. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In 2014, Ebola virus (EBOV) was identified as the etiological agent of a large and still expanding outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa and a much more confined EVD outbreak in Middle Africa. Epidemiological and evolutionary analyses confirmed that all cases of both outbreaks are connected to a single introduction each of EBOV into human populations and that both outbreaks are not directly connected. Coding-complete genomic sequence analyses of isolates revealed that the two outbreaks were caused by two novel EBOV variants, and initial clinical observations suggest that neither of them should be considered strains. Here we present consensus decisions on naming for both variants (West Africa: "Makona", Middle Africa: "Lomela") and provide database-compatible full, shortened, and abbreviated names that are in line with recently established filovirus sub-species nomenclatures.
- Subjects :
- Democratic Republic of the Congo epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Ebolavirus genetics
Ebolavirus isolation & purification
Guinea epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola epidemiology
Humans
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Ebolavirus classification
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola virology
Terminology as Topic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1999-4915
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Viruses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25421896
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v6114760