Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

Author:

Gire Stephen K.12,Goba Augustine3,Andersen Kristian G.12,Sealfon Rachel S. G.24,Park Daniel J.2,Kanneh Lansana3,Jalloh Simbirie3,Momoh Mambu35,Fullah Mohamed35,Dudas Gytis6,Wohl Shirlee127,Moses Lina M.8,Yozwiak Nathan L.12,Winnicki Sarah12,Matranga Christian B.2,Malboeuf Christine M.2,Qu James2,Gladden Adrianne D.2,Schaffner Stephen F.12,Yang Xiao2,Jiang Pan-Pan12,Nekoui Mahan12,Colubri Andres1,Coomber Moinya Ruth3,Fonnie Mbalu3,Moigboi Alex3,Gbakie Michael3,Kamara Fatima K.3,Tucker Veronica3,Konuwa Edwin3,Saffa Sidiki3,Sellu Josephine3,Jalloh Abdul Azziz3,Kovoma Alice3,Koninga James3,Mustapha Ibrahim3,Kargbo Kandeh3,Foday Momoh3,Yillah Mohamed3,Kanneh Franklyn3,Robert Willie3,Massally James L. B.3,Chapman Sinéad B.2,Bochicchio James2,Murphy Cheryl2,Nusbaum Chad2,Young Sarah2,Birren Bruce W.2,Grant Donald S.3,Scheiffelin John S.8,Lander Eric S.279,Happi Christian10,Gevao Sahr M.11,Gnirke Andreas2,Rambaut Andrew61213,Garry Robert F.8,Khan S. Humarr3,Sabeti Pardis C.12

Affiliation:

1. Center for Systems Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.

3. Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

4. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

5. Eastern Polytechnic College, Kenema, Sierra Leone.

6. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.

7. Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

8. Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.

9. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

10. Redeemer’s University, Ogun State, Nigeria.

11. University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

12. Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

13. Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.

Abstract

Evolution of Ebola virus over time The high rate of mortality in the current Ebola epidemic has made it difficult for researchers to collect samples of the virus and study its evolution. Gire et al. describe Ebola epidemiology on the basis of 99 whole-genome sequences, including samples from 78 affected individuals. The authors analyzed changes in the viral sequence and conclude that the current outbreak probably resulted from the spread of the virus from central Africa in the past decade. The outbreak started from a single transmission event from an unknown animal reservoir into the human population. Two viral lineages from Guinea then spread from person to person into Sierra Leone. Science , this issue p. 1369

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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