Journal article
Authors list: Whitmer, Shannon L. M.; Strecker, Thomas; Cadar, Daniel; Dienes, Hans-Peter; Faber, Kelly; Patel, Ketan; Brown, Shelley M.; Davis, William G.; Klena, John D.; Rollin, Pierre E.; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth; Noack, Bernd; Emmerich, Petra; Rieger, Toni; Wolff, Svenja; Fehling, Sarah Katharina; Eickmann, Markus; Mengel, Jan Philipp; Schultze, Tilman; Hain, Torsten; Ampofo, William; Bonney, Kofi; Aryeequaye, Juliana Naa Dedei; Ribner, Bruce; Varkey, Jay B.; Mehta, Aneesh K.; Lyon, G. Marshall, III; Kann, Gerrit; De Leuw, Philipp; Schuettfort, Gundolf; Stephan, Christoph; Wieland, Ulrike; Fries, Jochen W. U.; Kochanek, Matthias; Kraft, Colleen S.; Wolf, Timo; Nichol, Stuart T.; Becker, Stephan; Stroeher, Ute; Guenther, Stephan
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 599-602
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume number: 24
Issue number: 3
ISSN: 1080-6040
eISSN: 1080-6059
Open access status: Gold
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171905
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Whitmer, S., Strecker, T., Cadar, D., Dienes, H., Faber, K., Patel, K., et al. (2018) New Lineage of Lassa Virus, Togo, 2016, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(3), pp. 599-602. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171905
APA Citation style: Whitmer, S., Strecker, T., Cadar, D., Dienes, H., Faber, K., Patel, K., Brown, S., Davis, W., Klena, J., Rollin, P., Schmidt-Chanasit, J., Fichet-Calvet, E., Noack, B., Emmerich, P., Rieger, T., Wolff, S., Fehling, S., Eickmann, M., Mengel, J., ...Guenther, S. (2018). New Lineage of Lassa Virus, Togo, 2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 24(3), 599-602. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171905
