We obtained LASV Z protein sequences from the GenBank database, including those of the Josiah [24], AV, NL, and CSF [25], Macenta and Z148 isolates (deposited by the the Viral Sequencing Group at Lawrence Livermore, 2004), clinical isolates in Nigeria [26], rodent reservoir samples in sub- Saharan Mali [27], and ~200 sequences from clinical and rodent reservoir samples deposited by the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium [10]. Here, TMBIM4 is linked to viral hemorrhagic fever.