Metabolomics analyses identify platelet activating factors and heme breakdown products as Lassa fever biomarkers.

Metabolomics analyses identify platelet activating factors and heme breakdown products as Lassa fever biomarkers.

Lassa fever afflicts tens of thousands of people in West Africa annually. The rapid progression of patients from febrile illness to fulminant syndrome and death provides incentive for development of clinical prognostic markers that can guide case management. The small molecule profile of serum from...

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Main Authors: Trevor V Gale, Timothy M Horton, Donald S Grant, Robert F Garry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5619842?pdf=render

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