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New genetic lineage of Ebola virus discovered in great apes

11-12-2007 · EurekAlert!

Research scientists from the IRD and the International Medical Research Centre of Franceville in Gabon recently succeeded in mapping virus sequences from samples taken from anthropoid apes. Analysis of this genetic material demonstrated the existence of a new lineage genetic of the Zaire species. It also revealed that genetic recombination events, processes extremely rare for this type of virus, would have taken place between 1996 and 2001.

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