@article{7706b92b4b1d415fb9e681fe0a659850,
title = "Ebola Virus Epidemiology and Evolution in Nigeria",
abstract = "Containment limited the 2014 Nigerian Ebola virus (EBOV) disease outbreak to 20 reported cases and 8 fatalities. We present here clinical data and contact information for at least 19 case patients, and full-length EBOV genome sequences for 12 of the 20. The detailed contact data permits nearly complete reconstruction of the transmission tree for the outbreak. The EBOV genomic data are consistent with that tree. It confirms that there was a single source for the Nigerian infections, shows that the Nigerian EBOV lineage nests within a lineage previously seen in Liberia but is genetically distinct from it, and supports the conclusion that transmission from Nigeria to elsewhere did not occur.",
keywords = "Ebola, Epidemiology, Genomic, Nigeria, Outbreak, Phylogeny, Sequencing",
author = "Folarin, {Onikepe A.} and Deborah Ehichioya and Schaffner, {Stephen F.} and Winnicki, {Sarah M.} and Shirlee Wohl and Philomena Eromon and West, {Kendra L.} and Adrianne Gladden-Young and Oyejide, {Nicholas E.} and Matranga, {Christian B.} and Deme, {Awa Bineta} and Ayorinde James and Christopher Tomkins-Tinch and Kenneth Onyewurunwa and Ladner, {Jason T.} and Gustavo Palacios and Iguosadolo Nosamiefan and Andersen, {Kristian G.} and Sunday Omilabu and Park, {Daniel J.} and Yozwiak, {Nathan L.} and Abdusallam Nasidi and Garry, {Robert F.} and Oyewale Tomori and Sabeti, {Pardis C.} and Happi, {Christian T.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support. This work was supported by grants from Illumina Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development (grant OAA-G-15-00001), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grant 5U01HG007480-03), the World Bank (ACE 019), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (grant OPP1123407), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (to P. C. S.). Sequencing and analysis work at the Broad Institute was supported by federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services (under grant U19AI110818). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 The Author.",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1093/infdis/jiw190",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "214",
pages = "S102--S109",
journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",
issn = "0022-1899",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
}