Fascinating, thank you! I wonder if anyone has done any work on whether those asymptomatic individuals can shed the virus. Probably not, especially if the theory that the immediate inflammatory immune response at the point of infection is responsible for keeping the virus at bay, but that’s a guess on my part.
I was also struck by a statement in the study that Ebola Zaire is genetically stable. That conflicts a bit with the study out a few weeks ago regarding the hundreds of mutations documented with the two (or three, depending on how you count) strains at work in West Africa.
Thanks again!
>>I was also struck by a statement in the study that Ebola
>>Zaire is genetically stable. That conflicts a bit with the
>>study out a few weeks ago regarding the hundreds of
>>mutations documented with the two (or three, depending on
>>how you count) strains at work in West Africa.
Circa 2000 genetic test equipment is not 2014 test equipment.
I suspect that back testing of old Ebola samples with new technology is in order.