The Impact of Human Conflict on the Genetics of Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Virus in West Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lalis, Aude ^a   Leblois, Raphaël ^a,b   Lecompte, Emilie ^c,d   Denys, Christiane ^a   ter Meulen, Jan ^d   Wirth, Thierry ^a,e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFECTION RATE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREDATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; WAR; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MURINAE; NIGERIA; POPULATION GENETICS; REFUGEE; RODENT; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GUINEA; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; NIGERIA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; REFUGEES; RODENTIA; WAR; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84874682032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037068     Document Type: Article

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