Poor housing quality increases risk of rodent infestation and lassa fever in refugee camps of sierra leone

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Bonner, Phillip Cullison ^a   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^a   Belmain, Steven R ^b   Oshin, Babafemi ^c,d   Baglole, Debbie ^c,d   Borchert, Matthias ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Merlin   (Sierra Leone)

^d MERLIN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HABITAT; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; LASSA FEVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIERRA LEONE;

MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASSA FEVER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 34548769225     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.169     Document Type: Article

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