Households as hotspots of Lassa fever? Assessing the spatial distribution of Lassa virus-infected rodents in rural villages of Guinea
The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the reservoir host of Lassa virus (LASV), an arenavirus that causes Lassa haemorrhagic fever in humans in West Africa. While previous studies suggest that spillover risk is focal within rural villages due to the spatial behaviour of the rodents,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32459576 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1766381 |