Hospital-based surveillance for Lassa fever in Edo State, Nigeria, 2005-2008

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1001-1004

  Ehichioya, Deborah U ^a,b,c   Asogun, Danny A ^d   Ehimuan, Jacqueline ^d   Okokhere, Peter O ^d   Pahlmann, Meike ^c   Ölschläger, Stephan ^c   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^c   Günther, Stephan ^c   Omilabu, Sunday A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Lassa fever; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LASSA FEVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EDO; IRRUA; NIGERIA;

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 84864385924     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03010.x     Document Type: Article

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