Improved detection of Lassa virus by reverse transcription-PCR targeting the 5' region of S RNA.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 29, 2010

Authors

Stephan Olschläger1, Michaela Lelke, Petra Emmerich, Marcus Panning, Christian Drosten, Meike Hass, Danny Asogun, Deborah Ehichioya, Sunday Omilabu, Stephan Günther

Author Affiliations

1: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg 20359, Germany.

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