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Reverse Genetics Recovery of Lujo Virus and Role of Virus RNA Secondary Structures in Efficient Virus Growth
27 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
Arenaviruses are rodent-borne viruses with a bisegmented RNA genome. A genetically unique arenavirus, Lujo virus, was recently discovered as the causal agent of a nosocomial outbreak of acute febrile illness with hemorrhagic manifestations in Zambia and South Africa. The outbreak had a case fatality rate of 80%. A reverse genetics system to rescue infectious Lujo virus from cDNA was established to investigate the...
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