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Lassa virus in multimammate rats, cote d'ivoire, 2013

Authors :
Kouadio, Leonce
Nowak, Kathrin
Akoua-Koffi, Chantal
Weiss, Sabrina
Allali, Bernard K.
Witkowski, Peter T.
Kruger, Detlev H.
Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel
Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien
Leendertz, Fabian H.
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases. August 1, 2015, p1481, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

To the Editor: Lassa fever is a zoonosis caused by Lassa virus (LASV; family Arenaviridae, genus Lassavirus). The primary reservoir of LASV is the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis), which is [...]

Subjects

Subjects :
Identification and classification
Genetic aspects
Forecasts and trends
Genotypes -- Identification and classification
Disease transmission -- Forecasts and trends
Lassa fever -- Genetic aspects
Lassa fever
Genotype
Disease transmission

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.427421385
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.150312
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