Spatial and temporal evolution of Lassa virus in the natural host population in Upper Guinea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Ölschläger, Stephan ^a,d   Strecker, Thomas ^b   Koivogui, Lamine ^c   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^a   Camara, Amara Bongo ^c   Soropogui, Barré ^c   Magassouba, N'Faly ^c   Günther, Stephan ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c centre hospitalier et universitaire de Conakry   (Guinea)

^d Altona Diagnostics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL TROPISM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84959440107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21977     Document Type: Article

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