Genome Sequence of Lassa Virus Isolated from the First Domestically Acquired Case in Germany

Svenja Wolff; Tilman Schultze; Sarah Katharina Fehling; Jan Philipp Mengel; Gerrit Kann; Timo Wolf; Markus Eickmann; Stephan Becker; Torsten Hain; Thomas Strecker

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00938-16

Genome Sequence of Lassa Virus Isolated from the First Domestically Acquired Case in Germany

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 22;4(5):e00938-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00938-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Germany.
² German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Germany Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
³ Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁴ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Germany Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany [email protected] [email protected].
⁵ Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Germany [email protected] [email protected].

Abstract

Lassa virus (LASV) is a zoonotic, hemorrhagic fever-causing virus endemic in West Africa, for which no approved vaccines or specific treatment options exist. Here, we report the genome sequence of LASV isolated from the first case of acquired Lassa fever disease outside of Africa.