Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018

We reviewed data pertaining to the massive wave of Lassa fever cases that occurred in Nigeria in 2018. No new virus strains were detected, but in 2018, the outbreak response was intensified, additional diagnostic support was available, and surveillance sensitivity increased. These factors probably c...

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Autores principales: Ilori, Elsie A., Frank, Christina, Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C., Ipadeola, Oladipupo, Krings, Amrei, Ukponu, Winifred, Womi-Eteng, Oboma E., Adeyemo, Ayodele, Mutbam, Samuel K., Musa, Emmanuel O., Lasuba, Clement L.P., Alemu, Wondimagegnehu, Okogbenin, Sylvanus, Ogbaini, Ephraim, Unigwe, Uche, Ogah, Emeka, Onoh, Robinson, Abejegah, Chukwuyem, Ayodeji, Olufemi, Ihekweazu, Chikwe
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30807268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181247
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author Ilori, Elsie A.
Frank, Christina
Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C.
Ipadeola, Oladipupo
Krings, Amrei
Ukponu, Winifred
Womi-Eteng, Oboma E.
Adeyemo, Ayodele
Mutbam, Samuel K.
Musa, Emmanuel O.
Lasuba, Clement L.P.
Alemu, Wondimagegnehu
Okogbenin, Sylvanus
Ogbaini, Ephraim
Unigwe, Uche
Ogah, Emeka
Onoh, Robinson
Abejegah, Chukwuyem
Ayodeji, Olufemi
Ihekweazu, Chikwe
author_facet Ilori, Elsie A.
Frank, Christina
Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C.
Ipadeola, Oladipupo
Krings, Amrei
Ukponu, Winifred
Womi-Eteng, Oboma E.
Adeyemo, Ayodele
Mutbam, Samuel K.
Musa, Emmanuel O.
Lasuba, Clement L.P.
Alemu, Wondimagegnehu
Okogbenin, Sylvanus
Ogbaini, Ephraim
Unigwe, Uche
Ogah, Emeka
Onoh, Robinson
Abejegah, Chukwuyem
Ayodeji, Olufemi
Ihekweazu, Chikwe
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spelling pubmed-64781972019-05-08 Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018 Ilori, Elsie A. Frank, Christina Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. Ipadeola, Oladipupo Krings, Amrei Ukponu, Winifred Womi-Eteng, Oboma E. Adeyemo, Ayodele Mutbam, Samuel K. Musa, Emmanuel O. Lasuba, Clement L.P. Alemu, Wondimagegnehu Okogbenin, Sylvanus Ogbaini, Ephraim Unigwe, Uche Ogah, Emeka Onoh, Robinson Abejegah, Chukwuyem Ayodeji, Olufemi Ihekweazu, Chikwe Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We reviewed data pertaining to the massive wave of Lassa fever cases that occurred in Nigeria in 2018. No new virus strains were detected, but in 2018, the outbreak response was intensified, additional diagnostic support was available, and surveillance sensitivity increased. These factors probably contributed to the high case count. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6478197/ /pubmed/30807268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181247 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Ilori, Elsie A.
Frank, Christina
Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C.
Ipadeola, Oladipupo
Krings, Amrei
Ukponu, Winifred
Womi-Eteng, Oboma E.
Adeyemo, Ayodele
Mutbam, Samuel K.
Musa, Emmanuel O.
Lasuba, Clement L.P.
Alemu, Wondimagegnehu
Okogbenin, Sylvanus
Ogbaini, Ephraim
Unigwe, Uche
Ogah, Emeka
Onoh, Robinson
Abejegah, Chukwuyem
Ayodeji, Olufemi
Ihekweazu, Chikwe
Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title_full Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title_fullStr Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title_full_unstemmed Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title_short Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
title_sort increase in lassa fever cases in nigeria, january–march 2018
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30807268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181247
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