Detection of Lassa virus, Mali.

ABSTRACT: To determine whether Lassa virus was circulating in southern Mali, we tested samples from small mammals from 3 villages, including Soromba, where in 2009 a British citizen probably contracted a lethal Lassa virus infection. We report the isolation and genetic characterization of Lassa virus from an area previously unknown for Lassa fever.

SUBMITTER: Safronetz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321918 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature