title: Reidentification of Ebola Virus E718 and ME as Ebola Virus/H.sapiens-tc/COD/1976/Yambuku-Ecran.
abstract: Ebola virus (EBOV) was discovered in 1976 around Yambuku, Zaire. A lack of nomenclature standards resulted in a variety of designations for each isolate, leading to confusion in the literature and databases. We sequenced the genome of isolate E718/ME/Ecran and unified the various designations under Ebola virus/H.sapiens-tc/COD/1976/Yambuku-Ecran.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Jens H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7800-6045
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Loreen L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Lofts
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kugelman
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Department, Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sophie J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Smither
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Department, Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lever
authors.affiliation: Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (ITG), Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Groen
authors.affiliation: Retired, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Karl M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Sheli R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-8056
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Radoshitzky
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bavari
authors.affiliation: Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9775-3724
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jahrling
authors.affiliation: Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Towner
authors.affiliation: Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5062-1938
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios