Severe Hemorrhagic Fever in Strain 13/N Guinea Pigs Infected with Lujo Virus

Lujo virus (LUJV) is a novel member of the Arenaviridae family that was first identified in 2008 after an outbreak of severe hemorrhagic fever (HF). In what was a small but rapidly progressing outbreak, this previously unknown virus was transmitted from the critically ill index patient to 4 attendin...

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Main Authors: Bird, Brian H., Dodd, Kimberly A., Erickson, Bobbie R., Albariño, César G., Chakrabarti, Ayan K., McMullan, Laura K., Bergeron, Eric, Ströeher, Ute, Cannon, Deborah, Martin, Brock, Coleman-McCray, JoAnn D., Nichol, Stuart T., Spiropoulou, Christina F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429401/