Adaptive genetic diversification of Lassa virus associated with the epidemic split of north-central Nigerian and non-Nigerian lineages.
This study highlights the viral L protein could be a determinant factor for the epidemic split.
PMID: 32174454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Virology - Category: Virology Authors: Li Y, Tian H Tags: Virology Source Type: research
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