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Nanopore Sequencing Confirms Zoonotic Source for Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

Jan 03, 2019
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – An international team led by investigators from Germany, Nigeria, and the UK has analyzed a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria using metagenomic nanopore sequencing of Lassa virus (LASV) — one of several recent efforts aimed at applying nanopore sequencing in the field during infectious disease outbre

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