title: Comment on "Mutation rate and genotype variation of Ebola virus from Mali case sequences".
abstract: Hoenen et al (Reports, 3 April 2015, p. 117; published online 26 March) suggested that the Ebola virus Makona responsible for the West African epidemic evolved more slowly than previously reported. We show that this was based on corrupted data. An erratum provided a rate compatible with the initial and later, more precise, estimates but did not correctly state the nature of the error.
authors: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, UK. Centre for Immunology, Infection, and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, UK. a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk kga1978@gmail.com.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Rambaut
authors: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, UK.
authors: Gytis
authors: G
authors: Dudas
authors: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, Edinburgh, UK.
authors: Luiz Max
authors: LM
authors: de Carvalho
authors: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors: Daniel J
authors: DJ
authors: Park
authors: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors: Nathan L
authors: NL
authors: Yozwiak
authors: Marie Bashir Institute of Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Medical School, and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
authors: Edward C
authors: EC
authors: Holmes
authors: The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk kga1978@gmail.com.
authors: Kristian G
authors: KG
authors: Andersen
mesh_terms: D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D059645:Mutation Rate