Prevalence and Risk Factors of Lassa Seropositivity in Inhabitants of the Forest Region of Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa. The reservoir host of the virus is a multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis. Prevalence estimates of Lassa virus antibodies in humans vary greatly between studies, and the main modes of transmission of the virus from rodents...

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Autores principales: Kernéis, Solen, Koivogui, Lamine, Magassouba, N'Faly, Koulemou, Kekoura, Lewis, Rosamund, Aplogan, Aristide, Grais, Rebecca F., Guerin, Philippe J., Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000548

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000548

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