Genome sequence of Lassa virus isolated from the first domestically acquired case in Germany

Genome Announcements

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Wolff, Svenja ^a,b   Schultze, Tilman ^b,c   Fehling, Sarah Katharina ^a,b   Mengel, Jan Philipp ^b,c   Kann, Gerrit ^d   Wolf, Timo ^d   Eickmann, Markus ^a,b   Becker, Stephan ^a,b   Hain, Torsten ^b,c   Strecker, Thomas ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

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EID: 85010383622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00938-16     Document Type: Article

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