The virus has a bi-segmented (L and S) single-stranded RNA genome. Each segment contains two genes in ambisense orientation. The L RNA encodes a large ...

Author summary Lassa fever (LF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa ... We sequenced LASV RNA genome from positive cases of LF ...

Background Lassa virus (LASV) is a single-negative strand RNA Arenavirus (genus Mammarenavirus ), oriented in both negative and positive senses. Due to the ...

Segmented Negative-stranded RNA linear genome, L segment is about 7,5 kb and S segment 3,5 kb. ... Virus attaches to host receptors though GP glycoprotein and is endocytosed into vesicles in the host cell by ... Lassa 2015 outbreak image.

Completion of the Lassa fever virus sequence and identification of a RING finger open reading frame at the L RNA 5' End. Journal. Virology 235:414-8 (1997)

Lassa Virus. Virion: enveloped, spherical with a diameter of about 150 nm. Genome: single-stranded, bisegmented, ambisense RNA genome, composed of an L ...

We obtained complete or high-quality partial Lassa virus genomes from 14 out of 26 RTqPCR- positive patient samples. Table S1 summarizes ...

Arenaviruses belong to the segmented negative-strand RNA viruses. The genome of Lassa virus, like that of other arenaviruses, consists of two single-stranded ...

Lassa virus (LASV), the most dangerous human pathogen among the Arenaviridae, belongs to a complex of genetically related virus strains responsible for the ...