Severe hemorrhagic fever in strain 13/N guinea pigs infected with Lujo virus.

• Main Authors: Brian H Bird (Author), Kimberly A Dodd (Author), Bobbie R Erickson (Author), César G Albariño (Author), Ayan K Chakrabarti (Author), Laura K McMullan (Author), Eric Bergeron (Author), Ute Ströeher (Author), Deborah Cannon (Author), Brock Martin (Author), JoAnn D Coleman-McCray (Author), Stuart T Nichol (Author), Christina F Spiropoulou (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lujo virus (LUJV) is a novel member of the Arenaviridae family that was first identified in 2008 after an outbreak of severe hemorrhagic fever (HF). In what was a small but rapidly progressing outbreak, this previously unknown virus was transmitted from the critically ill index patient to 4 attendin...