New lineage of lassa virus, Togo, 2016

Shannon L.M. Whitmer, Thomas Strecker, Daniel Cadar, Hans Peter Dienes, Kelly Faber, Ketan Patel, Shelley M. Brown, William G. Davis, John D. Klena, Pierre E. Rollin, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Bernd Noack, Petra Emmerich, Toni Rieger, Svenja Wolff, Sarah Katharina Fehling, Markus Eickmann, Jan Philipp Mengel, Tilman SchultzeTorsten Hain, William Ampofo, Kofi Bonney, Juliana Naa Dedei Aryeequaye, Bruce Ribner, Jay B. Varkey, Aneesh K. Mehta, G. Marshall Lyon, Gerrit Kann, Philipp De Leuw, Gundolf Schuettfort, Christoph Stephan, Ulrike Wieland, Jochen W.U. Fries, Matthias Kochanek, Colleen S. Kraft, Timo Wolf, Stuart T. Nichol, Stephan Becker, Ute Ströher, Stephan Günther

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)599-602
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

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