New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered

Health Day.com FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — A new species of the deadly Ebola virus has been identified by American and Ugandan scientists. The new virus, called Bundibugyo ebolavirus, caused an outbreak in western Uganda in 2007. It is genetically distinct from all other known Ebola virus species, differing by more than 30 percent at the genetic level, said the scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Columbia University, the Uganda Virus Research Institut

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New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered