Households as hotspots of Lassa fever? Assessing the spatial distribution of Lassa virus-infected rodents in rural villages of Guinea.

Joachim Mariën,Giovanni Lo Iacono,Toni Rieger,N'Faly Magassouba,Stephan Günther,Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

Households as hotspots of Lassa fever? Assessing the spatial distribution of Lassa virus-infected rodents in rural villages of Guinea.

2020

Joachim Mariën
Giovanni Lo Iacono
Toni Rieger
N'Faly Magassouba
Stephan Günther
Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

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 s...

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Lassa virus
west africa
Haemorrhagic fever
Virology
Lassa fever
Arenavirus
Biology
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys

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