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An international team of researchers led by Harvard’s Pardis Sabeti (photo 1) have sequenced the genomes of hundreds of samples of Lassa fever (image 2) and are using that data to try to unlock the virus’ secrets. “Most new Ebola patients get the disease from other patients, so the focus needs to be on isolation to break that chain," said Kristian Andersen (photo 3), a former postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute. “But for Lassa it’s very different.”

Genetic sleuthing

Sabeti team applies Ebola methods to shed light on spread of Lassa fever

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DateSeptember 15, 2015