Annual incidence of lassa virus infection in Southern Mali

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 944-946

  Safronetz, David ^a,b   Sogoba, Nafomon ^c   Diawara, Sory Ibrahim ^c   Bane, Sidy ^c   Rosenke, Kyle ^d   Maiga, Ousmane ^c   Boisen, Matt ^e   Garry, Robert F ^f   Branco, Luis M ^e   Lindsay, L Robbin ^a,b   Traoré, Sékou F ^c   Feldmann, Heinz ^b,d   Doumbia, Seydou ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Zalgen Labs   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; LASSA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT; INFANT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LASSA FEVER; MALE; MALI; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017241529     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0821     Document Type: Article

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