[Dark Wing]

>>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.

[Smokin' Joe]

It may have been relatively stable in limited outbreaks in the past.

However, in this outbreak the sheer number of replications would provide unprecedented opportunity for mutation.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860690

Fifth chart.

[ElenaM]

True. That would be an interesting paper.