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Hunting and consumption of rodents by children in the Lassa fever endemic area of Faranah, Guinea

As a consequence of the Ebola outbreak, human–animal contact has gained importance for zoonotic transmission surveillance. In Faranah (Upper Guinea), daily life is intertwined with rodents, such as the Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis; a reservoir for Lassa virus (LASV). However, this c...

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Autores principales: Douno, Moussa, Asampong, Emmanuel, Magassouba, N’Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Almudena, Marí Sáez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7968712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33730025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009212