Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks

Nature, Published online: 15 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03901-9The viral lineage responsible for the February 2021 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea is nested within a clade that predominantly consists of genomes sampled during the 2013–2016 epidemic, suggesting that the virus might have re-emerged after a long period of latency within a previously infected individual.

Source: Nature AOP - September 15, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Alpha Kabinet Keita Fara R. Koundouno Martin Faye Ariane D üx Julia Hinzmann Haby Diallo Ahidjo Ayouba Frederic Le Marcis Barr é Soropogui K ékoura Ifono Moussa M. Diagne Mamadou S. Sow Joseph A. Bore Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer Nicole Vidal Jacob Cama Source Type: research