Cell host & microbe
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Cell host & microbe · Oct 2014
CommentPortrait of a killer: genome of the 2014 EBOV outbreak strain.
A recent study by Gire et al. (2014) identifies differences that make the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus unique and details how the virus spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone. This work highlights the power of new genomic technologies to facilitate rapid public health and scientific responses to the crisis.