Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali

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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Main Authors: David Safronetz, Job E. Lopez, Nafomon Sogoba, Sékou F. Traore’, Sandra J. Raffel, Elizabeth R. Fischer, Hideki Ebihara, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, Tom G. Schwan, Heinz Feldmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Viruses
arenavirus
Lassa fever
Lassa virus
rodent-borne infections
Mastomys natalensis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/10-0146_article

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