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Risk Maps of Lassa Fever in West Africa
BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is caused by a viral haemorrhagic arenavirus that affects two to three million people in West Africa, causing a mortality of between 5,000 and 10,000 each year. The natural reservoir of Lassa virus is the multi-mammate rat Mastomys natalensis, which lives in houses and surrou...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19255625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000388 |