During the peak of the Ebola epidemic last fall a frightening new possibility surfaced: Could a specific mutation allow the disease to spread through the air?
New data from current and past Ebola outbreaks dispels that concern.
In August, researchers discovered that genetic changes in the virus were occurring twice as fast as previously seen. In September, a researcher from the United States raised a red flag by suggesting the virus could mutate to become transmissible through the air.
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