"Lassa virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of ARENAVIRUS, part of the Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD), and the etiologic agent of LASSA FEVER. LASSA VIRUS is a common infective agent in humans in West Africa. Its natural host is the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis.
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D007836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.057.070.100.500
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lassa virus" by people in Profiles.
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Cleavage-intermediate Lassa virus trimer elicits neutralizing responses, identifies neutralizing nanobodies, and reveals an apex-situated site-of-vulnerability. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 04; 15(1):285.
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A short history of Lassa fever: the first 10-15 years after discovery. Curr Opin Virol. 2019 08; 37:77-83.
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Pan-Filovirus Serum Neutralizing Antibodies in a Subset of Congolese Ebolavirus Infection Survivors. J Infect Dis. 2018 11 05; 218(12):1929-1936.
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Case Report: Imported Case of Lassa Fever - New Jersey, May 2015. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 10; 99(4):1062-1065.
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Animal Model of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated with Lassa Virus Infection. J Virol. 2015 Dec 30; 90(6):2920-7.
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Geographic distribution and genetic characterization of Lassa virus in sub-Saharan Mali. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013; 7(12):e2582.
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Detection of Lassa virus, Mali. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jul; 16(7):1123-6.
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Mucosal immunization with Salmonella typhimurium expressing Lassa virus nucleocapsid protein cross-protects mice from lethal challenge with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. J Hum Virol. 2001 Mar-Apr; 4(2):103-8.
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Murine immune responses to mucosally delivered Salmonella expressing Lassa fever virus nucleoprotein. Vaccine. 2000 Feb 14; 18(15):1543-54.
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Lassa fever--new issues raised by field studies in West Africa. J Infect Dis. 1987 Mar; 155(3):433-6.