Lassa virus seroprevalence in Sibirilia commune, Bougouni district, southern Mali

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 657-663

  Sogoba, Nafomon ^a   Rosenke, Kyle ^b   Adjemian, Jennifer ^b   Diawara, Sory Ibrahim ^a   Maiga, Ousmane ^a   Keita, Moussa ^a   Konaté, Drissa ^a   Keita, Abdoul Salam ^a   Sissoko, Ibrahim ^a   Boisen, Matt ^c   Nelson, Diana ^c   Oottamasathien, Darin ^c   Millett, Molly ^c   Garry, Robert F ^d   Branco, Luis M ^e   Traoré, Sékou F ^a   Doumbia, Seydou ^a   Feldmann, Heinz ^b   Safronetz, David ^b,f  

^a and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Division of Medicine   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Zalgen Labs   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MURINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; MURINAE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84961209955     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.151814     Document Type: Article

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