Prevalence and risk factors of lassa seropositivity in inhabitants of the Forest Region of Guinea: A cross-sectional study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kernéis, Solen ^a   Koivogui, Lamine ^b   Magassouba, N'Faly ^b   Koulemou, Kekoura ^b   Lewis, Rosamund ^a   Aplogan, Aristide ^a   Grais, Rebecca F ^a   Guerin, Philippe J ^a   Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^c  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Survlnc and Res Project on Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Lassa Ebola and Yellow Fever) in West Africa   (Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LASSA VIRUS SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANIMAL SCRATCH; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LASSA FEVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUINEA; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; LASSA VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; RURAL POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449146610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000548     Document Type: Article

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