Shedding dynamics of Morogoro virus, an African arenavirus closely related to Lassa virus, in its natural reservoir host Mastomys natalensis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Borremans, Benny ^a   Vossen, Raphaël ^a   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^b   Gryseels, Sophie ^a   Hughes, Nelika ^a   Van Gestel, Mats ^a   Van Houtte, Natalie ^a   Günther, Stephan ^b   Leirs, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARENAVIRUS; ARENAVIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LASSA VIRUS; MURINE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; RNA, VIRAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84930668521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10445     Document Type: Article

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