Determining Ancestry between Rodent- and Human-Derived Virus Sequences in Endemic Foci: Towards a More Integral Molecular Epidemiology of Lassa Fever within West Africa

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic illness responsible for thousands of human deaths in West Africa yearly. Rodents are known as natural reservoirs of the causative Lassa mammarenavirus (LASV) while humans are regarded as incidental, spill-over hosts. Analysis of genetic sequences continues to add t...

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Autores principales: Olayemi, Ayodeji, Adesina, Adetunji Samuel, Strecker, Thomas, Magassouba, N’Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7167862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32046182
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology9020026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7167862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32046182
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology9020026

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