Lassa virus isolates from Mali and the Ivory Coast represent an emerging fifth lineage

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Manning, John T ^a   Forrester, Naomi ^a   Paessler, Slobodan ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Lassa fever; Lassa virus; Lineage; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; GENE SEQUENCE; GUINEA; LASSA VIRUS; LIBERIA; MALI; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 84946832874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01037     Document Type: Article

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