PhotoThe Ebola epidemic that tore through West Africa in 2014 claimed 11,310 lives, far more than any previous outbreak. The researchers quickly sequenced the genomes of 99 Ebola viruses isolated from 78 patients there. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe GPA82V mutation alters the gene that directs production of Ebola’s surface proteins, called glycoproteins. One set of hybrid viruses contained the GPA82V mutation; the other contained the original version of the Ebola gene. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Now it seems there is a change,” he said of the Ebola virus.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2016 16:02 UTC