Current molecular epidemiology of Lassa virus in Nigeria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1157-1161

  Ehichioya, Deborah U ^a,b,c   Hass, Meike ^b   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^b   Ehimuan, Jacqueline ^d   Asogun, Danny A ^d   Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^b   Kleinsteuber, Katja ^b   Lelke, Michaela ^b   Ter Meulen, Jan ^e,f   Akpede, George O ^d   Omilabu, Sunday A ^a   Günther, Stephan ^b   Ölschläger, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; LASSA VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 79952355949     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01891-10     Document Type: Article

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