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re: First confirmed case of Ebola in US
Posted on 9/30/14 at 8:13 pm to EKG
Posted on 9/30/14 at 8:13 pm to EKG
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Wasn't the outbreak in 2009 a different strain?
There have always been a number of different strains, at least according to the articles I have read.
There is actually a strain where the mortality rate is very low.
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Posted on 9/30/14 at 8:19 pm to kilo
Indeed. Strains are different in their molecular structure as Ebola is just a giant strand of RNA that just so happens to frick cells up. Once it gets a different but still similar RNA structure through random mutations, it is classified as a different strain. However, it still doesn't mean it can randomly change to become airborne in some way. Viruses mutate extremely well, better than bacteria, but they still are not living beings.
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