A Sporadic and Lethal Lassa Fever Case in Forest Guinea, 2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Field Investigation
2.2. Molecular and Serological Diagnosis
2.3. LASV Sequencing
2.4. Phylogenetic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Case Description
3.2. Laboratory Diagnosis, Field Investigation and Contact Tracing
3.3. Phylogeny
4. Discussion
4.1. Identification of the Kissidougou Sub-Lineage
4.2. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Guinean Health System
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Magassouba, N.; Koivogui, E.; Conde, S.; Kone, M.; Koropogui, M.; Soropogui, B.; Kekoura, I.; Hinzmann, J.; Günther, S.; Keita, S.; et al. A Sporadic and Lethal Lassa Fever Case in Forest Guinea, 2019. Viruses 2020, 12, 1062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101062
Magassouba N, Koivogui E, Conde S, Kone M, Koropogui M, Soropogui B, Kekoura I, Hinzmann J, Günther S, Keita S, et al. A Sporadic and Lethal Lassa Fever Case in Forest Guinea, 2019. Viruses. 2020; 12(10):1062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101062
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagassouba, N’Faly, Enogo Koivogui, Sory Conde, Moussa Kone, Michel Koropogui, Barrè Soropogui, Ifono Kekoura, Julia Hinzmann, Stephan Günther, Sakoba Keita, and et al. 2020. "A Sporadic and Lethal Lassa Fever Case in Forest Guinea, 2019" Viruses 12, no. 10: 1062. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101062