Genomics|Features|Ebola

Genomics|Features|Ebola

Ebola

Ebola: Role of Genomics in Diagnosis & Pathogenicity - December 4, 2014

Enhanced methods for unbiased deep sequencing of Lassa and Ebola RNA viruses in clinical and biological samples
Christian B Matranga et al. Genome Biology, November 2014

Elucidating variations in the nucleotide sequence of Ebola virus associated with increasing pathogenicity.
Dowall SD, et al. Genome Biol. 2014 Nov 22;15(11):540.

Sifting through genes in search of answers on Ebola, by Gina Kolata, New York Times, Dec 1

Ebola Pathogenicity: Recent Genetic Insights - November 6, 2014

Host genetic diversity enables Ebola hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis and resistance. 
Angela L. Rasmussen, Science, October 30, 2014 

Genes influence how mice react to ebola, study says in ‘significant advance’, by Gina Kolata, New York Times, Oct 30

Genetic factors behind surviving or dying from Ebola shown in mouse study. The new model could speed drug and vaccine development by reflecting diversity of reactions to the virus, by Leila Grey, Eureka Alert, Oct 30

Call to action: Time to ramp up science’s contribution to controlling the Ebola outbreak
Nature, Oct 29, 2014.

Researchers seek crucial tool: A fast, finger-prick Ebola test, by Andrew Pollack, New York Times, Nov 4

Researchers study Ebola link to gene in rare disease, The Wall Street Journal, Nov 2

More on Ebola: Genomics & Public Health - October 22, 2014

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

CDC information on Ebola diagnosis

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

Ebola is simple, subtle, yet deadly. You can do a lot of damage with just seven genes, the Economist, Oct 18

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute releases bioinformatic tool to assist vaccine efforts, Oct 1

UCSC Ebola Genome Portal

NIH Research Matters: Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, Sept 15

Investigating the Genomic Origins of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak. Genome Advance of the Month, By Leigh Finnegan, National Human Genome Research Institute, October 2014 

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

The Ebola wars: How genomics research can help contain the outbreak, by Richard Preston, New Yorker, Oct 27