Arenavirus diversity and phylogeography of mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 694-697

  Olayemi, Ayodeji ^a   Obadare, Adeoba ^a   Oyeyiola, Akinlabi ^a   Igbokwe, Joseph ^a   Fasogbon, Ayobami ^b   Igbahenah, Felix ^c   Ortsega, Daniel ^c   Asogun, Danny ^d   Umeh, Prince ^e   Vakkai, Innocent ^f   Abejegah, Chukwuyem ^d   Pahlman, Meike ^g   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^g   Günther, Stephan ^g   Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^g  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Ambrose ALL University   (Nigeria)

^c BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e Nigerian Montane Forest Project   (Nigeria)

^f FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^g BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NATURAL HOST; NIGER; NIGERIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIVER; RODENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASSA FEVER; MURINE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MITOCHONDRIA; MURINAE; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, VIRAL; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84961197136     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.150155     Document Type: Article

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