Lassa Virus Isolates from Mali and the Ivory Coast Represent an Emerging Fifth Lineage

Previous imported cases of Lassa fever into the United Kingdom from the Ivory Coast and Mali, as well as the detection of Lassa virus among the Mastomys natalensis population within Mali has led to the suggestion that the endemic area for Lassa fever is expanding. Initial phylogenetic analyses arra...

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Main Authors: John Tyler Manning, Naomi eForrester, Slobodan ePaessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01037/full