Emerging trends in Lassa fever: redefining the role of immunoglobulin M and inflammation in diagnosing acute infection

BACKGROUND: Lassa fever (LF) is a devastating hemorrhagic viral disease that is endemic to West Africa and responsible for thousands of human deaths each year. Analysis of humoral immune responses (IgM and IgG) by antibody-capture ELISA (Ab-capture ELISA) and Lassa virus (LASV) viremia by antigen-ca...

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Main Authors: Branco, Luis M, Grove, Jessica N, Boisen, Matt L, Shaffer, Jeffrey G, Goba, Augustine, Fullah, Mohammed, Momoh, Mambu, Grant, Donald S, Garry, Robert F
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223505/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22023795
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-8-478
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