Genetic Detection and Characterization of Lujo Virus, a New Hemorrhagic Fever–Associated Arenavirus from Southern Africa

• Thomas Briese ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Briese, Janusz T. Paweska

  * E-mail: thomas.briese@columbia.edu (TB); wil2001@columbia.edu (WIL)

  Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Janusz T. Paweska ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Briese, Janusz T. Paweska

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa

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• Laura K. McMullan,

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Stephen K. Hutchison,

  Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Craig Street,

  Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Gustavo Palacios,

  Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Marina L. Khristova,

  Affiliation Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jacqueline Weyer,

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa

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• Robert Swanepoel,

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa

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• Michael Egholm,

  Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Stuart T. Nichol,

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• W. Ian Lipkin

  * E-mail: thomas.briese@columbia.edu (TB); wil2001@columbia.edu (WIL)

  Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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