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The US Human Ebola Virus Patent: CA 2741523 A1 FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The invention is related to compositions and methods directed to a novel species of human Ebola (hEbola) virus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] The family Filoviridae consists of two genera, Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus, which have likely evolved from a common ancestor. The genus Ebolavirus includes four species: Zaire, Sudan, Reston and Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast) ebolaviruses, which have, with the exception of Reston and Cote dIvoire ebolaviruses, been associated with large hemorrhagic fever (HF) outbreaks in Africa with high case fatality (53-90%)2.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:19:27 +0000

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