Lassa Virus

Lassa Virus

Scanning electron micrograph of Lassa virus budding off a Vero cell.

A surge in Lassa fever cases in Nigeria in 2018 does not appear to be linked to a single virus strain or increased human-to-human transmission, according to a genomic analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

More information: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/genomic-analysis-of…

Image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Posted by National Institutes of Health (NIH) on 2018-10-22 18:44:45

Tagged: , NIH Image Gallery , NIAID , Lassa fever , lassa virus , infectious disease , electron micrograph , Vero cell

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