Recent Publications on Lassa Fever: |  |
pH-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF ARENAVIRUS MEMBRANE FUSION IS ANTAGONIZED BY SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITORS.
The arenavirus envelope glycoprotein (GPC) mediates viral entry through...
Direct Link | 5th September, 2008
| Montana Biotechnology Center, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
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Genome comparison of virulent and avirulent strains of the Pichinde arenavirus.
A virulent (P18) strain of the Pichinde arenavirus produces a disease in...
Direct Link | 30th August, 2008
| Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School
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| Absence of CTL responses to early viral antigens facilitates viral persistence.
| 14th August, 2008
| Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich,
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Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the ML29 reassortant vaccine for Lassa fever in small non-human primates.
A single injection of ML29 reassortant vaccine for Lassa fever induces...
Direct Link | 12th August, 2008
| Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine,
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[The strategic plan for preparedness and response to bioterrorism in Korea]
Following the Anthrax bioterrorism attacks in the US in 2001, the Korean...
Direct Link | 31st July, 2008
| Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry for Health,
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Bacterial-based systems for expression and purification of recombinant Lassa virus proteins of immunological relevance.
BACKGROUND: There is a significant requirement for the development and...
Direct Link | 25th July, 2008
| BioFactura,
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Strain-specific antibody response to Lassa virus in the local population of west Africa.
BACKGROUND: Lassa virus (LAV) isolates obtained from Sierra Leone, Ivory...
Direct Link | 25th July, 2008
| Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine,
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Reproductive characteristics of Mastomys natalensis and Lassa virus prevalence in Guinea, West Africa.
We recently reported increased prevalence of Lassa virus (LASV) infection...
Direct Link | 2nd July, 2008
| Department of Systematics and Evolution, Museum National d'Histoire
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New opportunities for field research on the pathogenesis and treatment of Lassa fever.
Unlike many viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs), Lassa fever (LF) is not a...
Direct Link | 19th June, 2008
| Kenema Government Hospital, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema,
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RT-PCR assay for detection of Lassa virus and related Old World arenaviruses targeting the L gene.
This study describes an RT-PCR assay targeting the L RNA segment of...
Direct Link | 3rd May, 2008
| Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine,
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Old World arenavirus infection interferes with the expression of functional alpha-dystroglycan in the host cell.
alpha-Dystroglycan (alpha-DG) is an important cellular receptor for...
Direct Link | 26th January, 2008
| Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research
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New world clade B arenaviruses can use transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1)-dependent and -independent entry pathways, and glycoproteins from human pathogenic strains are associated with the use of TfR1.
Arenaviruses are rodent-borne viruses, with five members of the family...
Direct Link | 25th January, 2008
| Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
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Incorporation of high levels of chimeric human immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoproteins into virus-like particles.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env) protein is...
Direct Link | 9th January, 2008
| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of
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Development of recombinant nucleoprotein-based diagnostic systems for Lassa fever.
Diagnostic systems for Lassa fever (LF), a viral hemorrhagic fever caused...
Direct Link | 4th January, 2008
| Special Pathogens Laboratory, Department of Virology 1, National Institute
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Lassa virus-infected rodents in refugee camps in Guinea: a looming threat to public health in a politically unstable region.
Rodent-borne and other communicable diseases are of particular concern to...
Direct Link | 28th September, 2007
| Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of
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