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Frontiers in Public Health, 2019 Background: The general lack of comprehensive data on the trends of Lassa fever (LF) outbreaks contrasts with its widespread occurrence in West Africa and is an important constraint in the design of effective control measures.
George O. Akpede +30 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020 Background Lassa fever is a zoonotic viral infection endemic to the West Africa countries. It is highly fatal during pregnancy and as such reports of neonatal onset Lassa fever infections are rare in scientific literature. We report a fatal case of Lassa
Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle +5 more
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Structural and functional studies of novel mechanisms of Lassa fever virus nucleoprotein in immune suppression, viral RNA transcription and replication [PDF]
, 2013 Lassa fever virus is one of the most dangerous viruses of arenaviridae family, causing more than 500,000 infections per year in Africa. The fatality rate for hospitalized patients is as high as 20%.
Qi, Xiaoxuan
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Molecular diagnostics for lassa fever at Irrua specialist teaching hospital, Nigeria: lessons learnt from two years of laboratory operation. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa. However, none of the hospitals in the endemic areas of Nigeria has the capacity to perform Lassa virus diagnostics.
Danny A Asogun +29 more
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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2020 Background: Lassa fever is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the knowledge and preventive measures against Lassa fever among heads of households in Abakaliki metropolis, Southeast Nigeria.
Edmund Ndudi Ossai +5 more
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The unusual finding of peripheral lymphadenopathy among confirmed Lassa fever patients in Nigeria
Future Science OA, 2023 Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever belonging to the arenaviridae family that is well known to be endemic to West Africa. The clinical presentation of the disease ranges from asymptomatic to fulminant illness.
Sampson O Owhin +12 more
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mSphere, 2019 Lassa virus (LASV), a member of the family Arenaviridae, is the causative agent of Lassa fever. Lassa virus is endemic in West African countries, such as Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and causes outbreaks annually.
Junki Maruyama +6 more
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One-Year Retrospective Review of Psychiatric Consultations in Lassa Fever, Southern Nigeria
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We conducted a retrospective review of psychiatric consultations for hospitalized patients with Lassa fever in southern Nigeria. Ten (8.8%) of 113 patients had psychiatric consultations.
Esther O. Okogbenin +5 more
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Ibom Medical Journal, 2017 Context: Lassa fever is a deadly viral hemorrhagic disease that is endemic in Nigeria with recurrent outbreaks that often affect healthcare workers. Hospital infection control can potentially limit the impact of outbreaks of this disease in healthcare ...
Ekuma AE, Akpan IS
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Poor housing quality increases risk of rodent infestation and lassa fever in refugee camps of Sierra Leone [PDF]
, 2007 Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in parts of West Africa, is a severe febrile illness transmitted to humans by the rodent Mastomys natalensis. To determine risk of Lassa fever in households in Sierra Leonean refugee camps, we analyzed the
Wolf-Peter Schmidt +13 more
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