Ebola strain circa 1976 more virulent than West Africa outbreak strain: NIH
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#AXX4)
The Makona strain of Ebola virus (EBOV) circulating in West Africa for the past year takes roughly two days longer to cause terminal disease in an animal model compared to the original 1976 Mayinga strain isolated in Central Africa, according to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) report. The results provide important information to ["]
