Published in Emerg Infect Dis on December 01, 2009
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Novel arenavirus, Zambia. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.06
Arenavirus variations due to host-specific adaptation. Viruses (2013) 0.99
Multifunctional nature of the arenavirus RING finger protein Z. Viruses (2012) 0.92
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) 0.90
Sympatric occurrence of 3 arenaviruses, Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.88
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection of macaques: a model for Lassa fever. Antiviral Res (2011) 0.88
Lassa serology in natural populations of rodents and horizontal transmission. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2014) 0.85
Serological assays based on recombinant viral proteins for the diagnosis of arenavirus hemorrhagic fevers. Viruses (2012) 0.84
Arenavirus budding: a common pathway with mechanistic differences. Viruses (2013) 0.83
Shedding dynamics of Morogoro virus, an African arenavirus closely related to Lassa virus, in its natural reservoir host Mastomys natalensis. Sci Rep (2015) 0.80
Mapping of the Lassa virus LAMP1 binding site reveals unique determinants not shared by other old world arenaviruses. PLoS Pathog (2017) 0.78
When Viruses Don't Go Viral: The Importance of Host Phylogeographic Structure in the Spatial Spread of Arenaviruses. PLoS Pathog (2017) 0.77
Chimeric Mice with Competent Hematopoietic Immunity Reproduce Key Features of Severe Lassa Fever. PLoS Pathog (2016) 0.77
Arenavirus Diversity and Phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 0.76
No measurable adverse effects of Lassa, Morogoro and Gairo arenaviruses on their rodent reservoir host in natural conditions. Parasit Vectors (2017) 0.75
Relaxed phylogenetics and dating with confidence. PLoS Biol (2006) 37.68
Rates of molecular evolution in RNA viruses: a quantitative phylogenetic analysis. J Mol Evol (2002) 5.24
Genetic detection and characterization of Lujo virus, a new hemorrhagic fever-associated arenavirus from southern Africa. PLoS Pathog (2009) 4.88
Imported lassa fever in Germany: molecular characterization of a new lassa virus strain. Emerg Infect Dis (2000) 2.69
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Chapare virus, a newly discovered arenavirus isolated from a fatal hemorrhagic fever case in Bolivia. PLoS Pathog (2008) 2.23
RT-PCR assay for detection of Lassa virus and related Old World arenaviruses targeting the L gene. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 2.10
Comparative pathology of Lassa virus infection in monkeys, guinea-pigs, and Mastomys natalensis. Bull World Health Organ (1975) 1.83
Isolation of an arenavirus closely related to Lassa virus from Mastomys natalensis in south-east Africa. Bull World Health Organ (1977) 1.53
Sequence analysis of L RNA of Lassa virus. Virology (2004) 1.50
Genetic identification of Kodoko virus, a novel arenavirus of the African pigmy mouse (Mus Nannomys minutoides) in West Africa. Virology (2007) 1.22
Recovery of a Lassa-related arenavirus in Zimbabwe. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1981) 1.14
An arenavirus isolated from wild-caught rodents (Pramys species) in the Central African Republic. Intervirology (1983) 1.05
Nephropathia epidemica in metropolitan area, Germany. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.02
Modifications to indirect immunofluorescence tests on Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola material. Lancet (1983) 1.00
Predictive thresholds for plague in Kazakhstan. Science (2004) 3.57
Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus. N Engl J Med (2006) 3.38
Studies of reservoir hosts for Marburg virus. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 3.35
Plague: past, present, and future. PLoS Med (2008) 3.23
Phylogenetic relationships and differential selection pressures among genotypes of dengue-2 virus. Virology (2002) 2.75
Poliovirus type 1 in working stocks of typed human rhinoviruses. Lancet (2003) 2.71
Plague dynamics are driven by climate variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 2.51
Diagnostic reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction kit for filoviruses based on the strain collections of all European biosafety level 4 laboratories. J Infect Dis (2007) 2.22
RT-PCR assay for detection of Lassa virus and related Old World arenaviruses targeting the L gene. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 2.10
Molecular diagnosis and analysis of Chikungunya virus. J Clin Virol (2007) 1.78
Plague and the human flea, Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.71
Replicon system for Lassa virus. J Virol (2004) 1.69
Chronic Q fever: different serological results in three countries--results of a follow-up study 6 years after a point source outbreak. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.68
Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for natural variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae. Arch Virol (2012) 1.59
Climatically driven synchrony of gerbil populations allows large-scale plague outbreaks. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 1.51
Multicentre evaluation of central nervous system infections due to Flavi and Phleboviruses in Turkey. J Infect (2012) 1.43
Optimization of the oligonucleotide ligation assay, a rapid and inexpensive test for detection of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations, for non-North American variants. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2008) 1.43
Geographic distribution and ecological niche of plague in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.35
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe influenza A (H1N1) acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective observational comparative study. Intensive Care Med (2010) 1.32
Novel arenavirus sequences in Hylomyscus sp. and Mus (Nannomys) setulosus from Côte d'Ivoire: implications for evolution of arenaviruses in Africa. PLoS One (2011) 1.32
Lassa fever, Nigeria, 2003 and 2004. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.28
Molecular diagnostics for lassa fever at Irrua specialist teaching hospital, Nigeria: lessons learnt from two years of laboratory operation. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.27
Evaluation of the first commercial chikungunya virus indirect immunofluorescence test. J Virol Methods (2008) 1.26
Environmental conditions and Puumala virus transmission in Belgium. Int J Health Geogr (2007) 1.23
Modeling the epidemiological history of plague in Central Asia: palaeoclimatic forcing on a disease system over the past millennium. BMC Biol (2010) 1.18
Plague and climate: scales matter. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.18
Beechnuts and outbreaks of nephropathia epidemica (NE): of mast, mice and men. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2010) 1.17
A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens. J Microbiol Methods (2008) 1.16
Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for laboratory animal-adapted strains and variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae. Arch Virol (2013) 1.16
Current molecular epidemiology of Lassa virus in Nigeria. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.15
Terrestrial small mammals as reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in benin. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.13
Hantaviruses and their hosts in Europe: reservoirs here and there, but not everywhere? Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 1.12
Identification of essential outstanding questions for an adequate European laboratory response to Ebolavirus Zaire West Africa 2014. J Clin Virol (2015) 1.11
A curve of thresholds governs plague epizootics in Central Asia. Ecol Lett (2012) 1.11
Lassa fever, Nigeria, 2005-2008. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.10
Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for filovirus strains and variants rescued from cDNA. Arch Virol (2013) 1.10
Performance of a quantitative human immunodeficiency virus type 1 p24 antigen assay on various HIV-1 subtypes for the follow-up of human immunodeficiency type 1 seropositive individuals. J Virol Methods (2003) 1.06
Application of real-time PCR in Ghana, a Buruli ulcer-endemic country, confirms the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the environment. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2010) 1.06
Comparative evaluation of eight commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assays and 14 simple assays for detection of antibodies to HIV. J Virol Methods (2002) 1.06
Mutational analysis of the lassa virus promoter. J Virol (2006) 1.06
Co-evolutionary patterns of variation in small and large RNA segments of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. J Gen Virol (2005) 1.05
Human plague occurrences in Africa: an overview from 1877 to 2008. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2009) 1.03
Amoebae as potential environmental hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria, but doubtful actors in Buruli ulcer epidemiology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.03
First detection of mycobacteria in African rodents and insectivores, using stratified pool screening. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.02
Occurrence of free-living amoebae in communities of low and high endemicity for Buruli ulcer in southern Benin. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.02
Preliminary investigation on rodent-ectoparasite associations in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: implications for potential zoonoses. Integr Zool (2011) 0.98
Insertion sequence element single nucleotide polymorphism typing provides insights into the population structure and evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.98
The Year of the Rat ends - time to fight hunger! Pest Manag Sci (2009) 0.98
Cross-neutralizing antibodies against primary isolates in African women infected with HIV-1. AIDS (2002) 0.97
Application of real-time PCR for testing antiviral compounds against Lassa virus, SARS coronavirus and Ebola virus in vitro. Antiviral Res (2004) 0.95
Predicting potential risk areas of human plague for the Western Usambara Mountains, Lushoto District, Tanzania. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 0.95
Sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes. Oecologia (2013) 0.93
Saaremaa hantavirus in Denmark. J Clin Virol (2004) 0.91
Epitopes corresponding to the envelope genetic subtype are present on the surface of free virions of HIV-1 group M primary isolates and can be detected in neutralization assays with extended incubation phases. J Med Virol (2003) 0.90
European perspective of 2-person rule for biosafety level 4 laboratories. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.88
Activity of reverse transcriptase inhibitors in monocyte-derived dendritic cells: a possible in vitro model for postexposure prophylaxis of sexual HIV transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2002) 0.88
Adaptability of large carnivores to changing anthropogenic food sources: diet change of spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) during Christian fasting period in northern Ethiopia. J Anim Ecol (2012) 0.88
Sympatric occurrence of 3 arenaviruses, Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.88
Development of a multi-pathogen oligonucleotide microarray for detection of Bacillus anthracis. Mol Cell Probes (2005) 0.88
Effects of predation and dispersal on Mastomys natalensis population dynamics in Tanzanian maize fields. J Anim Ecol (2006) 0.88
Variable effects of host characteristics on species richness of flea infracommunities in rodents from three continents. Parasitol Res (2014) 0.87
The first generation of candidate HIV-1 vaccines can induce antibodies able to neutralize primary isolates in assays with extended incubation phases. Vaccine (2003) 0.87
High diversity of RNA viruses in rodents, Ethiopia. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 0.87
Puumala hantavirus and Myodes glareolus in northern Europe: no evidence of co-divergence between genetic lineages of virus and host. J Gen Virol (2010) 0.87
Assessment of three mitochondrial genes (16S, Cytb, CO1) for identifying species in the Praomyini tribe (Rodentia: Muridae). PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Temporal variation in individual factors associated with hantavirus infection in bank voles during an epizootic: implications for Puumala virus transmission dynamics. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 0.87
Domain structure of Lassa virus L protein. J Virol (2010) 0.87
Bartonella prevalence and genetic diversity in small mammals from Ethiopia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2013) 0.86
Seasonal and habitat dependence of fleas parasitic on small mammals in Tanzania. Integr Zool (2009) 0.86
Presence of Mopeia virus, an African arenavirus, related to biotope and individual rodent host characteristics: implications for virus transmission. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 0.86
Trichuris spp. (Nematoda: Trichuridae) from two rodents, Mastomys natalensis and Gerbilliscus vicinus in Tanzania. J Parasitol (2013) 0.85
Alkhurma viral hemorrhagic fever virus: proposed guidelines for detection, prevention, and control in Saudi Arabia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 0.85
Neutralization kinetics of sensitive and resistant subtype B primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates. J Med Virol (2006) 0.85
Lassa serology in natural populations of rodents and horizontal transmission. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2014) 0.85
Effects of environmental pollution on microsatellite DNA diversity in wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations. Environ Toxicol Chem (2005) 0.85
Hospital-based surveillance for Lassa fever in Edo State, Nigeria, 2005-2008. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 0.84
Q fever outbreak in industrial setting. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 0.84
In vitro susceptibility to infection with SIVcpz and HIV-1 is lower in chimpanzee than in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. J Med Virol (2002) 0.84
Impact of Puumala virus infection on maturation and survival in bank voles: a capture-mark-recapture analysis. J Wildl Dis (2012) 0.83
Neutralization of primary HIV-1 SF13 can be detected in extended incubation phase assays with sera from monkeys immunized with recombinant HIV-1 SF2 gp120. Vaccine (2004) 0.83
Dengue hemorrhagic fever with fulminant hepatic failure in an immigrant returning to Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 0.83
Development, evaluation, and validation of an oligonucleotide probe hybridization assay to subtype human immunodeficiency virus type 1 circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.82
Spatial spreading of Echinococcus multilocularis in Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) across nation borders in Western Europe. Prev Vet Med (2006) 0.82
Male hosts drive infracommunity structure of ectoparasites. Oecologia (2011) 0.82
Hospital-based surveillance for viral hemorrhagic fevers and hepatitides in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.81
Vitamin K requirement in Danish anticoagulant-resistant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Pest Manag Sci (2003) 0.81