Sequence Variability and Geographic Distribution of Lassa Virus, Sierra Leone

Lassa virus (LASV) is endemic to parts of West Africa and causes highly fatal hemorrhagic fever. The multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) is the only known reservoir of LASV. Most human infections result from zoonotic transmission. The very diverse LASV genome has 4 major lineages associated with...

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Autores principales: Leski, Tomasz A., Stockelman, Michael G., Moses, Lina M., Park, Matthew, Stenger, David A., Ansumana, Rashid, Bausch, Daniel G., Lin, Baochuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2104.141469

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2104.141469

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