[Alter Kaker]

“This approach indicates that the outbreak in Guinea is likely caused by a Zaire ebolavirus lineage that has spread from Central Africa into Guinea and West Africa in recent decades, and does not represent the emergence of a divergent and endemic virus.”

What about that is inconsistent with it being a new strain of ebola? It's not a new disease. It shares a common ancestor with Central African strains of ebola, but it is a new strain.

[Black Agnes]

The initial assessment from March/April has since been panned by geneticists. It’s considered a strain of Zebola.

It has sequence similarity closest to the Zaire lineage using a vareity of heuristics.

I’ve seen no references to Ebola Guinea in any publications.