Lassa virus

"Lassa virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A species of ARENAVIRUS, part of the Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD), and the etiologic agent of LASSA FEVER. LASSA VIRUS is a common infective agent in humans in West Africa. Its natural host is the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis.

Descriptor ID

D007836

MeSH Number(s)

B04.820.057.070.100.500

B04.909.777.080.070.100.500

Concept/Terms

Lassa virus

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Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Arenaviridae [B04.820.057]
Arenavirus [B04.820.057.070]
Arenaviruses, Old World [B04.820.057.070.100]
Lassa virus [B04.820.057.070.100.500]
Vertebrate Viruses [B04.909]
RNA Viruses [B04.909.777]
Arenaviridae [B04.909.777.080]
Arenavirus [B04.909.777.080.070]
Arenaviruses, Old World [B04.909.777.080.070.100]
Lassa virus [B04.909.777.080.070.100.500]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lassa virus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Lassa virus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 38 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	1	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	2	1	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	0	3
2019	2	1	3
2020	7	0	7
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	2	2
2023	2	3	5
2024	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Lassa virus" by people in Profiles.

Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Mar; 9(3):751-762.

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Lassa virus in novel hosts: insights into the epidemiology of lassa virus infections in southern Nigeria. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024 Dec; 13(1):2294859.

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Learning from prepandemic data to forecast viral escape. Nature. 2023 Oct; 622(7984):818-825.

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A Lassa virus mRNA vaccine confers protection but does not require neutralizing antibody in a guinea pig model of infection. Nat Commun. 2023 09 12; 14(1):5603.

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Metagenomic surveillance uncovers diverse and novel viral taxa in febrile patients from Nigeria. Nat Commun. 2023 08 04; 14(1):4693.

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A prospective, multi-site, cohort study to estimate incidence of infection and disease due to Lassa fever virus in West African countries (the Enable Lassa research programme)-Study protocol. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0283643.

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Lassa Virus Genetics. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2023; 440:23-65.

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A cocktail of protective antibodies subverts the dense glycan shield of Lassa virus. Sci Transl Med. 2022 10 26; 14(668):eabq0991.

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Increased Prevalence of Lassa Fever Virus-Positive Rodents and Diversity of Infected Species Found during Human Lassa Fever Epidemics in Nigeria. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 08 31; 10(4):e0036622.

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Evaluation of Three Clinical Prediction Tools to Predict Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Lassa Fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 10 12; 107(4):856-862.

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