About the Authors

Danny A. Asogun

Contributed equally to this work with: Danny A. Asogun, Donatus I. Adomeh, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Ikponmwonsa Odia

asogun2001@yahoo.com (DAA); guenther@bni.uni-hamburg.de (SG)

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Donatus I. Adomeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Danny A. Asogun, Donatus I. Adomeh, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Ikponmwonsa Odia

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Jacqueline Ehimuan

Contributed equally to this work with: Danny A. Asogun, Donatus I. Adomeh, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Ikponmwonsa Odia

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Ikponmwonsa Odia

Contributed equally to this work with: Danny A. Asogun, Donatus I. Adomeh, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Ikponmwonsa Odia

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Meike Hass

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Martin Gabriel

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Stephan Ölschläger

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Beate Becker-Ziaja

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Onikepe Folarin

Affiliation Malaria Research Laboratories, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Eric Phelan

Affiliations Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philomena E. Ehiane

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Veritas E. Ifeh

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Eghosasere A. Uyigue

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Yemisi T. Oladapo

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Ekene B. Muoebonam

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Osagie Osunde

Affiliation Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Andrew Dongo

Affiliation Accident and Emergency Unit, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Peter O. Okokhere

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Sylvanus A. Okogbenin

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Mojeed Momoh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Sylvester O. Alikah

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Odigie C. Akhuemokhan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Peter Imomeh

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Maxy A. C. Odike

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Stephen Gire

Affiliations Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristian Andersen

Affiliations Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pardis C. Sabeti

Affiliations Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christian T. Happi

Affiliation Malaria Research Laboratories, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

George O. Akpede

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Nigeria

Stephan Günther

asogun2001@yahoo.com (DAA); guenther@bni.uni-hamburg.de (SG)

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAA MH SÖ AD POO SAO MM PCS CTH GOA SG. Performed the experiments: DIA JE IO BB-Z PEE VEI EAU YTO EBM OO AD POO SAO SOA OCA PI MACO GOA. Analyzed the data: DAA DIA JE IO MH MG SÖ SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH MG SÖ BB-Z OF EP SG KA PCS CTH SG. Wrote the paper: DAA SG.