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Mapping the zoonotic niche of Lassa fever in Africa

BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic illness responsible for disease outbreaks across West Africa. It is a zoonosis, with the primary reservoir species identified as the Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis. The host is distributed across sub-Saharan Africa while the virus'...

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Autores principales: Mylne, Adrian Q. N., Pigott, David M., Longbottom, Joshua, Shearer, Freya, Duda, Kirsten A., Messina, Jane P., Weiss, Daniel J., Moyes, Catherine L., Golding, Nick, Hay, Simon I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv047