MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti) - The high rate of Ebola infections in West Africa
and the length of time the outbreak has lasted increase the likelihood
that the Ebola virus could become more transmissible through genetic
mutations, said CDC Director, Thomas Frieden in a press briefing on
Tuesday.
“There is a theoretical risk, it may be very low, we simply don’t know, that Ebola could become easier to spread through genetic mutation,” Frieden said to members of the press. “That risk might be very low, but it’ probably not zero. And the longer it spreads, the higher the risk.”...
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Frieden noted that while the threat of genetic mutation is possible, he has no indications that it has occurred. “Nothing we have seen so far indicates that Ebola is spreading differently in this outbreak.”..
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140902/192575798/Ebola-Mutation-Possible-But-Has-Not-Occurred---CDC-Director.html
“There is a theoretical risk, it may be very low, we simply don’t know, that Ebola could become easier to spread through genetic mutation,” Frieden said to members of the press. “That risk might be very low, but it’ probably not zero. And the longer it spreads, the higher the risk.”...
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Frieden noted that while the threat of genetic mutation is possible, he has no indications that it has occurred. “Nothing we have seen so far indicates that Ebola is spreading differently in this outbreak.”..
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140902/192575798/Ebola-Mutation-Possible-But-Has-Not-Occurred---CDC-Director.html
