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Transcriptomic analyses of a patient with severe Ebola virus disease revealed shifts in the expression of antiviral and immune response genes, corresponding to the stages of illness.

The Scientist Staff

Apr 12, 2017 | 1 min read

Ebola virus (green) on a Vero cell surface (blue)NIAID

(See J.C. Kash et al., “Longitudinal peripheral blood transcriptional analysis of a patient with severe Ebola virus disease,” Sci. Trans. Med., doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aai9321, 2017.)

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