title: Detection of Lassa virus, Mali.
abstract: To determine whether Lassa virus was circulating in southern Mali, we tested samples from small mammals from 3 villages, including Soromba, where in 2009 a British citizen probably contracted a lethal Lassa virus infection. We report the isolation and genetic characterization of Lassa virus from an area previously unknown for Lassa fever.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Safronetz
authors.forename: Job E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Nafomon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sogoba
authors.forename: Sékou F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Traore'
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Raffel
authors.forename: Elizabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Garry
authors.forename: Tom G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Schwan
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feldmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007836:Lassa virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008302:Mali; D051189:Murinae / Q000821:virology