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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2010-07-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/10-0146_article |
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