Understanding the cryptic nature of Lassa fever in West Africa

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 276-288

  Gibb, Rory ^a   Moses, Lina M ^b   Redding, David W ^a   Jones, Kate E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; arenavirus; Lassa fever; Mastomys natalensis; One Health; viral haemorrhagic disease; West Africa; zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LASSA FEVER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LASSA FEVER; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85032880165     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2017.1369643     Document Type: Review

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