New Lineage of Lassa Virus, Togo, 2016
Date
2018-02
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Publisher
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Abstract
We describe a strain of Lassa virus representing a putative new lineage that was isolated from a cluster of human infections with an epidemiologic link to Togo. This finding extends the known range of Lassa virus to Togo.
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Keywords
Lassa fever, Lassa virus, Togo, Arenaviruses Old World, Viral hemorrhagic fever, Viruses