ISTH-BNITM-PHE/LASVsequencing2020

REAL-TIME LASSA VIRUS SEQUENCING IN NIGERIA, 2020 # LASVsequencing2020 REAL-TIME LASSA VIRUS SEQUENCING IN NIGERIA, 2020 Data from a 2020 metagenomic sequencing study in the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, Nigeria. This work resulted from a collaboration between the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, Nigeria, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany, Public Health England (PHE), UK, and other partners. DISCLAIMER The Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, Nigeria, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany, and Public Health England (PHE), UK, are committed to sharing data in public health emergencies. We release unpublished Lassa virus sequences from Nigeria to support the public health response as well as the development and evaluation of Lassa fever diagnostics or therapeutics. The data may be used and analyzed for these purposes. It is not permitted to use the sequences for publication, i.e. any type of communication with the general public that describes data generated with the use of the sequences. If you intend to so, please contact us directly. Dr. Ephraim Epogbaini epogbaini@yahoo.com, Director of Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Prof. Stephan Günther guenther@bni.uni-hamburg.de, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, BNITM