Ebola Virus Increases Tropism for Human Cells (IMAGE)

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Ebola Virus Increases Tropism for Human Cells

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This figure depicts the finding that the Ebola virus acquired amino acid substitutions in its glycoprotein that increased its tropism for human cells during the West African outbreak of 2013-2016.

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Ball et al./Cell 2016

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