Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.
Zalgen Labs, LLC, 20271 Goldenrod Lane, Suite 2083, Germantown, MD, 20876, USA.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2023;440:1-22. doi: 10.1007/82_2020_214.
Lassa fever was first described as a clinical entity fifty years ago. The causative agent Lassa virus was isolated from these first known cases. This chapter reviews the key publications on Lassa fever research that appeared in the scientific literature at that time and over the ensuing decades.
拉沙热最初于五十年前被描述为一种临床实体。从这些首例已知病例中分离出了拉沙病毒,它是拉沙热的病原体。本章回顾了当时和随后几十年在科学文献中发表的关于拉沙热研究的关键出版物。