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BBC NEWS by Helen Briggs, Environment correspondent Feb. 2, 2015
The devastation left by the Ebola virus in west Africa raises many questions for science, policy and international development.
One issue that has yet to receive widespread media attention is the handling of genetic data on the virus.
By studying its code, scientists can trace how Ebola leapt across borders, and how, like all viruses, it is constantly evolving and changing.
Yet, researchers have been privately complaining for months about the scarcity of genetic information about the virus that is entering the public domain.
In the last few days, scientists have been speaking on and off the record about their concerns.
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Genomic Surveillance, and Sequencing the Ebola Virus
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