Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014

dc.contributor.authorKuhn, Jens H.
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Kristian G.
dc.contributor.authorBaize, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorBào, Yīmíng
dc.contributor.authorBavari, Sina
dc.contributor.authorBerthet, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorBlinkova, Olga
dc.contributor.authorBrister, J. Rodney
dc.contributor.authorClawson, Anna N.
dc.contributor.authorFair, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorGabriel, Martin
dc.contributor.authorGarry, Robert F.
dc.contributor.authorGire, Stephen K.
dc.contributor.authorGoba, Augustine
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Jean-Paul
dc.contributor.authorGünther, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorHappi, Christian T.
dc.contributor.authorJahrling, Peter B.
dc.contributor.authorKapetshi, Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorKobinger, Gary
dc.contributor.authorKugelman, Jeffrey R.
dc.contributor.authorLeroy, Eric M.
dc.contributor.authorMaganga, Gael Darren
dc.contributor.authorMbala, Placide K.
dc.contributor.authorMoses, Lina M.
dc.contributor.authorMuyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques
dc.contributor.authorN’Faly, Magassouba
dc.contributor.authorNichol, Stuart T.
dc.contributor.authorOmilabu, Sunday A.
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorPark, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.authorPaweska, Janusz Tadeusz
dc.contributor.authorRadoshitzky, Sheli R.
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Cynthia A.
dc.contributor.authorSabeti, Pardis C.
dc.contributor.authorSchieffelin, John S.
dc.contributor.authorSchoepp, Randal J.
dc.contributor.authorSealfon, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, Robert
dc.contributor.authorTowner, Jonathan S.
dc.contributor.authorWada, Jiro
dc.contributor.authorWauquier, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorYozwiak, Nathan L.
dc.contributor.authorFormenty, Pierre
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-23T10:57:02Z
dc.date.available2015-02-23T10:57:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.description.abstractIn 2014, Ebola virus (EBOV) was identified as the etiological agent of a large and still expanding outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa and a much more confined EVD outbreak in Middle Africa. Epidemiological and evolutionary analyses confirmed that all cases of both outbreaks are connected to a single introduction each of EBOV into human populations and that both outbreaks are not directly connected. Coding-complete genomic sequence analyses of isolates revealed that the two outbreaks were caused by two novel EBOV variants, and initial clinical observations suggest that neither of them should be considered strains. Here we present consensus decisions on naming for both variants (West Africa: “Makona”, Middle Africa: “Lomela”) and provide database-compatible full, shortened, and abbreviated names that are in line with recently established filovirus sub-species nomenclatures.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was funded in part through Battelle Memorial Institute’s prime contract with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272200700016I.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/virusesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKuhn, JH, Andersen, KG, Baize, S, Bao, YM et al 2014, 'Nomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014', Viruses, vol. 6, no.11, pp. 4760-4799.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/v6114760
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43772
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPI Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en_ZA
dc.subjectEbolaen_ZA
dc.subjectEbola virus (EBOV)en_ZA
dc.subjectEbola virus disease (EVD)en_ZA
dc.subjectFiloviriden_ZA
dc.subjectFiloviridaeen_ZA
dc.subjectFilovirusen_ZA
dc.subjectGenome annotationen_ZA
dc.subjectLomelaen_ZA
dc.subjectLokoliaen_ZA
dc.subjectMakonaen_ZA
dc.subjectMononegaviraden_ZA
dc.subjectMononegaviralesen_ZA
dc.subjectMononegavirusen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus classificationen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus isolateen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus nomenclatureen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus strainen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus taxonomyen_ZA
dc.subjectVirus varianten_ZA
dc.titleNomenclature- and database-compatible names for the two Ebola virus variants that emerged in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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