Emergence of Divergent Zaire Ebola Virus Strains
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Gilda Grard,1 Roman Biek,2 Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum,3,4 Joseph Fair,4 Nathan Wolfe,4 Pierre Formenty,5 Janusz Paweska,6 and Eric Leroy1,7 1Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Gabon; 2College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and Medical Research Council– University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; 3Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, KinshasaGombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4Global Viral Forecasting, San Francisco, California; 5Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; 6Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa; and 7UMR MIVEGEC (IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1), Montpellier, France
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