New Ebola subtype confirmed
Category: General biology
A fifth subtype of Ebola virus is described in a new PLoS Pathogens publication.
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Radio silence...please stand by...
Category: Housekeeping
Scooped by a fellow Scienceblogger on my own upcoming paper...
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