Spatio-temporal spread of Lassa virus and a new rodent host in the Mano River Union area, West Africa

Spatio-temporal spread of Lassa virus and a new rodent host in the Mano River Union area, West Africa

ABSTRACTThe spread of Lassa virus (LASV) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which together are named the Mano River Union (MRU) area, was examined phylogeographically. To provide a reliable evolutionary scenario, new rodent-derived, whole LASV sequences were included. These were generated by metat...

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Main Authors: Umaru Bangura, Christopher Davis, Joyce Lamin, James Bangura, Barré Soropogui, Andrew J. Davison, Jenna Nichols, Matej Vucak, Mickael Dawson, Rashid Ansumana, Dianah Sondufu, Dániel Cadar, Toni Rieger, Emma Thomson, Foday Sahr, N’Faly Magassouba, Bruno Ghersi, Brian H. Bird, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Lassa virus
spread
phylogeography
rodent
Lophuromys sikapusi
Guinea
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2023.2290834

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