Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Fever, West Africa
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Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Fever, West Africa
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060812