title: Portrait of a killer: genome of the 2014 EBOV outbreak strain.
abstract: A recent study by Gire et al. (2014) identifies differences that make the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus unique and details how the virus spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone. This work highlights the power of new genomic technologies to facilitate rapid public health and scientific responses to the crisis.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Microbiology, Box 1124, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: chris.basler@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Basler
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans