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Lassa and Marburg viruses elicit distinct host transcriptional responses early after infection
1 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lassa virus and Marburg virus are two causative agents of viral hemorrhagic fever. Their diagnosis is difficult because patients infected with either pathogen present similar nonspecific symptoms early after infection. Current diagnostic tests are based on detecting viral proteins or nucleic acids in the blood, but these cannot be found during the early stages of disease, before the virus starts...
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