Abstract
PCR screening of 1,482 murid rodents from 13 genera caught in 18 different localities of Guinea, West Africa, showed Lassa virus infection only in molecularly typed Mastomys natalensis. Distribution of this rodent and relative abundance compared with M. erythroleucus correlates geographically with Lassa virus seroprevalence in humans.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Guinea / epidemiology
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Hospitals, Rural
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Lassa Fever / epidemiology
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Lassa Fever / veterinary*
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Lassa Fever / virology
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Lassa virus / genetics
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Lassa virus / isolation & purification*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Murinae / classification
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Murinae / virology*
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / chemistry
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RNA, Viral / genetics
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
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Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
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Rodent Diseases / virology*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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