Hunting of peridomestic rodents and consumption of their meat as possible risk factors for rodent-to-human transmission of lassa virus in the Republic of Guinea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-666

  Ter Meulen, J ^a   Lukashevich, I ^b   Sidibe, K ^c   Inapogui, A ^c   Marx, M ^d,e   Dorlemann, A ^d,e   Yansane, M L ^e,f   Koulemou, K ^e,f   Chang Claude, J ^g   Schmitz, H ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Belarus)

^c Inst Rech de Biol Appl en Guinee   (Guinea)

^d Projet Sante Rurale   (Guinea)

^e c/o Serv d'Admin des Projets ^*  (Guinea)

^f Direction Prefectorale de la Sante   (Guinea)

^g GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD STORAGE; GUINEA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

LASSA VIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 12644267275     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.661     Document Type: Article

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