Fluctuation of abundance and Lassa virus prevalence in Mastomys natalensis in Guinea, West Africa

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Lecompte, Emilie ^b   Koivogui, Lamine ^c   Soropogui, Barré ^c   Doré, Amadou ^c   Kourouma, Fodé ^c   Sylla, Oumar ^c   Daffis, Stéphane ^b   Koulémou, Kékoura ^c   Ter Meulen, Jan ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Centre Hospitalier Donka   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Abundance; Habitat; Lassa virus; Mastomys natalensis; Prevalence; Risk; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GUINEA; LASSA VIRUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASTOMYS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GUINEA; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; PREVALENCE; RAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547640532     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0520     Document Type: Article

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