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Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali

To determine whether Lassa virus was circulating in southern Mali, we tested samples from small mammals from 3 villages, including Soromba, where in 2009 a British citizen probably contracted a lethal Lassa virus infection. We report the isolation and genetic characterization of Lassa virus from an...

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Autores principales: Safronetz, David, Lopez, Job E., Sogoba, Nafomon, Traore’, Sékou F., Raffel, Sandra J., Fischer, Elizabeth R., Ebihara, Hideki, Branco, Luis, Garry, Robert F., Schwan, Tom G., Feldmann, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100146
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author Safronetz, David
Lopez, Job E.
Sogoba, Nafomon
Traore’, Sékou F.
Raffel, Sandra J.
Fischer, Elizabeth R.
Ebihara, Hideki
Branco, Luis
Garry, Robert F.
Schwan, Tom G.
Feldmann, Heinz
author_facet Safronetz, David
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description To determine whether Lassa virus was circulating in southern Mali, we tested samples from small mammals from 3 villages, including Soromba, where in 2009 a British citizen probably contracted a lethal Lassa virus infection. We report the isolation and genetic characterization of Lassa virus from an area previously unknown for Lassa fever.
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spelling pubmed-33219182012-04-24 Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali Safronetz, David Lopez, Job E. Sogoba, Nafomon Traore’, Sékou F. Raffel, Sandra J. Fischer, Elizabeth R. Ebihara, Hideki Branco, Luis Garry, Robert F. Schwan, Tom G. Feldmann, Heinz Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine whether Lassa virus was circulating in southern Mali, we tested samples from small mammals from 3 villages, including Soromba, where in 2009 a British citizen probably contracted a lethal Lassa virus infection. We report the isolation and genetic characterization of Lassa virus from an area previously unknown for Lassa fever. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3321918/ /pubmed/20587185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100146 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Branco, Luis
Garry, Robert F.
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