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Identifizierung unbekannter Funktionen im Lassa-Virus L-Protein

, 2010
The central domain of the 200-kDa Lassa virus L protein is a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. N- and C-terminal domains may harbor enzymatic functions important for viral mRNA synthesis, including capping enzymes or cap-snatching endoribonucleases.
Lelke, Michaela
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Lassa fever [PDF]

Lassa fever is an acute viral illness that occurs in west Africa. The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The virus is named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred. The virus, a member of the virus

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An evaluative scientometric assessment of emerging Lassa virus research in the post-COVID era

Discover Public Health
Lassa virus is a tropical zoonotic pathogen which has become a major cause of concern in the last five decades. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive scientometric analysis of global research on Lassa virus to elucidate influential ...
Arindam Ganguly, Anik De, Anwesha Chandra, Aishee Pan, Shreya De, Anuradha Konar, Deep Kumar Kirtania   +6 more
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Lassa fever in West African sub-region: an overview [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2007
Lassa fever is an acute viral zoonotic illness caused by Lassa virus, an arenavirus known to beresponsible for a severe haemorrhagic fever characterised by fever, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea,vomiting and, chest and abdominal pain.
O. Ogbu, E. Ajuluchukwu, C.J. Uneke
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Mastomys natalensis and Lassa Fever, West Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
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.
Emilie Lecompte, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Stéphane Daffis, Kékoura Koulémou, Oumar Sylla, Fodé Kourouma, Amadou Doré, Barré Soropogui, Vladimir Aniskin, Bernard K. Allali, Stéphane Kouassi Kan, Aude Lalis, Lamine Koivogui, Stephan Günther, Christiane Denys, Jan ter Meulen   +15 more
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Outbreak of lassa fever in Nigeria: measures for prevention and control

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, extremely virulent and often infectious, occurs very frequently in different parts of Nigeria [1-4] and affects approximately 100,000-500,000 persons per year in West Africa.
Kehinde Charles Mofolorunsho
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Infection of type I interferon receptor-deficient mice with various old world arenaviruses: a model for studying virulence and host species barriers.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Lassa virus causes hemorrhagic Lassa fever in humans, while the related Old World arenaviruses Mopeia, Morogoro, and Mobala are supposedly apathogenic to humans and cause only inapparent infection in non-human primates.
Toni Rieger, Doron Merkler, Stephan Günther   +2 more
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Rodent control strategies and Lassa virus: some unexpected effects in Guinea, West Africa

Emerging Microbes and Infections
The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the host of Lassa mammarenavirus, causing Lassa haemorrhagic fever in West Africa. As there is currently no operational vaccine and therapeutic drugs are limited, we explored rodent control as an ...
Joachim Mariën, Mickaël Sage, Umaru Bangura, Alicia Lamé, Michel Koropogui, Toni Rieger, Barré Soropogui, Moussa Douno, N’Faly Magassouba, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet   +9 more
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers Lassa virus: (Week 27) Weekly cases* of notifiable diseases, United States, U.S. Territories, and Non-U.S. Residents week ending July 8, 2023

This data includes weekly cases of notifiable diseases, United States, U.S. Territories, and Non-U.S. Residents, specifically covering Lassa virus, Viral hemorrhagic fevers cases.

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Viral hemorrhagic fevers Lassa virus: (Week 17) Weekly cases* of notifiable diseases, United States, U.S. Territories, and Non-U.S. Residents week ending April 29, 2023

This data includes weekly cases of notifiable diseases, United States, U.S. Territories, and Non-U.S. Residents, specifically covering Lassa virus, Viral hemorrhagic fevers cases.

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