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

Thomas Briese; Janusz T. Paweska; Laura K. McMullan; Stephen K. Hutchison; Craig Street; Gustavo Palacios; Marina L. Khristova; Jacqueline Weyer; Robert Swanepoel; Michael Egholm; Stuart T. Nichol; W. Ian Lipkin

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000455

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

Thomas Briese,
Janusz T. Paweska,
Laura K. McMullan,
Stephen K. Hutchison,
Craig Street,
Gustavo Palacios,
Marina L. Khristova,
Jacqueline Weyer,
Robert Swanepoel,
Michael Egholm

Published: May 29, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000455

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