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Risk Maps of Lassa Fever in West Africa
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2009 · Vol. 3(3) · pp. e388–e388
Élisabeth Fichet-Calvet✉(University of Antwerp)David J. Rogers(University of Oxford)
Abstract
The Lassa fever areas predicted by the models cover approximately 80% of each of Sierra Leone and Liberia, 50% of Guinea, 40% of Nigeria, 30% of each of Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Benin, and 10% of Ghana.
Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesViral Infections and VectorsLassa feverArenavirusLassa virusOutbreakMastomysGeographyBiologyEcologyVirologyVirus
MeSH terms
Africa, WesternAnimalsDisease OutbreaksDisease ReservoirsFourier AnalysisHumansLassa FeverLassa virusRainRisk FactorsMultivariate AnalysisMurinae
Funding
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
- Medical Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council
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