Emerging trends in Lassa fever: redefining the role of immunoglobulin M and inflammation in diagnosing acute infection.

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Published in Virol J on October 24, 2011

Authors

Luis M Branco1, Jessica N Grove, Matt L Boisen, Jeffrey G Shaffer, Augustine Goba, Mohammed Fullah, Mambu Momoh, Donald S Grant, Robert F Garry

Author Affiliations

1: Autoimmune Technologies, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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