Genomics|Update|Current: More on Ebola: Global Response & Genomics

Genomics|Update|Current

More on Ebola: Global Response & Genomics

CDC and Texas Health Department confirm first Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S, CDC Online Newsroom, Sep 30

Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria and Senegal, CDC Online Newsroom, Sep 30

CDC information: The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history

Ebola 2014 — new challenges, new global response and responsibility. 
Thomas R. Frieden, et al. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1177-1180

CDC laboratories produce first genomic sequence of Liberian Ebola

UCSC Ebola Genome Portal

Using genomics to follow the path of Ebola, by Francis Collins, NIH Director, Sep 2 

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak 
Stephen K. Gire et al. Science, August 28, 2014  

Ebola genome clarifies origins of West African outbreak. A single person infected with the virus probably sparked the epidemic.  
Tina Hesman Saey, Science, August 28, 2014

Ebola virus mutating rapidly as it spreads. Outbreak likely originated with a single animal-to-human transmission. 
Erika Check Hayden Nature 28 August 2014

Tracking Ebola: Real time genomic epidemiology offers lessons for global health, by Leila Luheshi, PHG Foundation, Aug 29

Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Nature News, Sep 30