Genetic diversity among Lassa virus strains

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 6992-7004

  Bowen, Michael D ^a,c   Rollin, Pierre E ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^c   Hustad, Heather L ^c   Bausch, Daniel G ^c   Demby, Austin H ^b,c   Bajani, Mary D ^b,c   Peters, Clarence J ^c   Nichol, Stuart T ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LASSA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ARENAVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033912935     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.15.6992-7004.2000     Document Type: Article

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