Endemic Lassa fever in Liberia. III. Characterization of Lassa virus isolates

Sixty-three virus isolates were obtained by inoculation of Vero cells with sera from 50 hospital in-patients in Liberia with acute febrile illnesses. 57 of the isolates were presumptively identified as Lassa virus (LV) by direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) staining of inoculated Vero cells. These, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1985, Vol.79 (3), p.374-379
Hauptverfasser:	Jahrling, Peter B., Frame, John D., Smith, Sheilda B., Monson, Mark H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Arenaviridae - classification Biological and medical sciences Blood - microbiology Cross Reactions Female Fluorescent Antibody Technique Guinea Pigs Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Lassa Fever - microbiology Lassa virus - classification Lassa virus - immunology Lassa virus - isolation & purification Lassa virus - pathogenicity Liberia Medical sciences Miscellaneous Neutralization Tests Nigeria Pregnancy Serotyping Tropical viral diseases Viral cardiopathies Viral diseases Virulence
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