New Lineage of Lassa Virus, Togo, 2016

We describe a strain of Lassa virus representing a putative new lineage that was isolated from a cluster of human infections with an epidemiologic link to Togo. This finding extends the known range of Lassa virus to Togo.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Whitmer, Shannon L.M., Strecker, Thomas, Cadar, Daniel, Dienes, Hans-Peter, Faber, Kelly, Patel, Ketan, Brown, Shelley M., Davis, William G., Klena, John D., Rollin, Pierre E., Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Noack, Bernd, Emmerich, Petra, Rieger, Toni, Wolff, Svenja, Fehling, Sarah Katharina, Eickmann, Markus, Mengel, Jan Philipp, Schultze, Tilman, Hain, Torsten, Ampofo, William, Bonney, Kofi, Aryeequaye, Juliana Naa Dedei, Ribner, Bruce, Varkey, Jay B., Mehta, Aneesh K., Lyon, G. Marshall, Kann, Gerrit, De Leuw, Philipp, Schuettfort, Gundolf, Stephan, Christoph, Wieland, Ulrike, Fries, Jochen W.U., Kochanek, Matthias, Kraft, Colleen S., Wolf, Timo, Nichol, Stuart T., Becker, Stephan, Ströher, Ute, Günther, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460758
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171905
Descripción
Sumario:We describe a strain of Lassa virus representing a putative new lineage that was isolated from a cluster of human infections with an epidemiologic link to Togo. This finding extends the known range of Lassa virus to Togo.

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