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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Autores principales: Mariën, Joachim, Lo Iacono, Giovanni, Rieger, Toni, Magassouba, Nfaly, Günther, Stephan, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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