Detection of Lassa virus, Mali
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A Multi-detection Assay for Malaria Transmitting Mosquitoes
Published on: February 28, 2015
David Safronetz1, Job E Lopez, Nafomon Sogoba
1National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|July 1, 2010
Abstract:
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.
