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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 387-388Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.05.003
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Ebola; evolution; nucleotide substitutions rate; West Africa; low variation
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The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has generated fears of a global epidemic. Particularly, estimates of higher substitution rates have raised concerns about increased transmissibility or virulence. A recent study using a more comprehensive datasets demonstrates lower variation, highlighting the importance of representative datasets and limitations of computational modelling.
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