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Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana

BACKGROUND: Recent reports have shown an expansion of Lassa virus from the area where it was first isolated in Nigeria to other areas of West Africa. Two Ghanaian soldiers on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia were taken ill with viral haemorrhagic fever syndrome following the death of...

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Autores principales:	Bonney, Joseph H.K., Nyarko, Edward O., Ohene, Sally-Ann, Amankwa, Joseph, Ametepi, Ralph K., Nimo-Paintsil, Shirley C., Sarkodie, Badu, Agbenohevi, Prince, Adjabeng, Michael, Kyei, Nicholas N.A., Bel-Nono, Samuel, Ampofo, William K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2016
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5436394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879105 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i1.288

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