The search for animal models for Lassa fever vaccine development.

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Published in Expert Rev Vaccines on January 01, 2013

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Igor S Lukashevich1

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1: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. isluka01@louisville.edu

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