Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak have confirmed that the deadly virus has mutated. The team however are yet to confirm whether the virus has become more virulent or contagious. | Scientists say the genetic code of the virus has substantially changed - and will most likely lead to it becoming airborne.
TIME The Ebola Virus Is Mutating, Say Scientists kivac23 3:46am TIME The Ebola Virus Is Mutating, Say Scientists Today, January 29th 3:46am · kivac23 · uncategorized disease ebola guinea health liberia mutation public health researchers sierra leone vaccine virus Shared by 1 person Scientists at a French research institute say the Ebola virus has mutated and they are studying whether it may have become more contagious. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur are analyzing hundreds of blood samples from Guinean Ebola patients in an effort to determine if the new variation poses a higher risk of transmission, according to the BBC . “We’ve now seen several cases that don’t have any symptoms at all, asymptomatic cases,” said human geneticist Dr. Anavaj Sakuntabhai. “These people may be the people who can spread the virus better, but we still don’t know that yet. A virus can change itself to less