Spatial distribution of commensal rodents in regions with high and low Lassa fever prevalence in Guinea

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages 63-67

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Koulémou, Kékoura ^b   Koivogui, Lamine ^b   Soropogui, Barré ^b   Sylla, Oumar ^b   Lecompte, Emilie ^a   Daffis, Stéphane ^c   Kouadio, Allali ^d   Kouassi, Stéphane ^d   Akoua Koffi, Chantal ^d   Denys, Christiane ^a   ter Meulen, Jan ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CHU Donka   (Guinea)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Lassa fever; Mastomys; Occurrence; Prevalence; Risk; Rodent borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 73449090513     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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