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We previously proposed to use genome similarity as the basis for immediate and precise typing and naming of individual organisms or viruses. In this study, we tested the validity of the proposed system and applied it to the epidemiology of infectious diseases using Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks as the example.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods. \u2003One hundred twenty-eight publicly available ebolavirus genomes were compared with each other, and average nucleotide identity (ANI) was calculated. The ANI was then used to assign unique codes, hereafter referred to as Life Ide.jpegication Numbers (LINs), to every viral isolate, whereby each LIN consisted of a series of positions reflecting increasing genome similarity. Congruence of LINs with phylogenetic and epidemiological relationships was then determined.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. \u2003Assigned LINs correlate with phylogeny at the species and infraspecies level and can even ide.jpegy some individual transmission chains during the 2014\u20132015 EVD epidemic in West Africa.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. \u2003Life Ide.jpegication Numbers can provide a fast, automated, standardized, and scalable approach to precisely ide.jpegy and name viral isolates upon genome sequence submission, facilitating unambiguous communication during disease epidemics among clinicians, epidemiologists, and governments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/ofid\/ofv024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,20]],"date-time":"2015-02-20T22:34:17Z","timestamp":1424471657000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Similarity-Based Codes Sequentially Assigned to Ebolavirus Genomes Are Informative of Species 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