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: Safronetz, David, Lopez, Job E., Sogoba, Nafomon, Traore’, Sékou F., Raffel, Sandra J., Fischer, Elizabeth R., Ebihara, Hideki, Branco, Luis, Garry, Robert F., Schwan, Tom G., Feldmann, Heinz
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321918/