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/

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spelling	pubmed-33219182012-04-24 Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali 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 Dispatch 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 area previously unknown for Lassa fever. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3321918/ /pubmed/20587185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.100146 Text en
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author	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
spellingShingle	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 Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
author_facet	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
author_sort	Safronetz, David
title	Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
title_short	Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
title_full	Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
title_fullStr	Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
title_full_unstemmed	Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali
title_sort	detection of lassa virus, mali
description	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 area previously unknown for Lassa fever.
publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321918/
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Detection of Lassa Virus, Mali

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