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An overview of Lassa fever

WikiJournal of Medicine, 2019
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus (Lassa mammarenavirus), a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family. In most cases Lassa virus infection is asymptomatic (presenting no symptom). When symptomatic it
Abdulmutalab Musa
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Descriptive epidemiology of Lassa fever in Nigeria, 2012-2017

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic zoonotic disease is endemic in some parts of Nigeria. The disease alert and outbreak threshold are known; however, there has been a shift from the previous seasonal transmission pattern to an all year-
Onyebuchi Augustine Okoro, Eniola Bamgboye, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Chukwuma Umeokonkwo, Elsie Ilori, Rimamdeyati Yashe, Muhammad Balogun, Patrick Nguku, Chikwe Ihekweazu   +8 more
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Rat-atouille: A Mixed Method Study to Characterize Rodent Hunting and Consumption in the Context of Lassa Fever [PDF]

, 2016
Lassa fever is a zoonotic hemorrhagic illness predominant in areas across Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, and southern Mali. The reservoir of Lassa virus is the multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis), a highly commensal species in West Africa ...
Almudena Mari Saez, Ann H. Kelly, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Foday Sahr, Jesse Bonwitt, Matthias Borchert, Rashid Ansumana, Richard Kock, Schadrac Agbla   +8 more
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Wearable Electronic Monitoring of Vital Signs in Hospitalised Adults: A Nursing Focused Scoping Review of Clinical, Economic and Implementation Outcomes

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise evidence on wearable devices for continuous vital signs monitoring in adult hospital inpatients, focusing on clinical effectiveness, nursing perspectives, workflow impact, patient experience and resource implications. Design Scoping review.
Sian Myfanwy Shaw, Sophie Bethan Shaw, Gillian Janes   +2 more
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Co-epidemics: have measures against COVID-19 helped to reduce Lassa fever cases in Nigeria?

New Microbes and New Infections, 2021
While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has multiple devastating public health and socio-economic effects across the world, Nigeria along with other West African countries is simultaneously faced with a recurrent Lassa fever epidemic.
R.C. Reuben, S.D. Gyar, M.D. Makut, M.P. Adoga   +3 more
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Macaque models of human infectious disease. [PDF]

, 2008
Macaques have served as models for more than 70 human infectious diseases of diverse etiologies, including a multitude of agents-bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions.
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Research Direction and Science Evaluation: The Role of Coherence and Alignment

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The decisions of funding agencies greatly influence the direction of scientific research; however, our understanding of how applicants' research directions affect the selection process remains limited. In this study, we investigate how a project's coherence with a scientist's previous work and its alignment with current scientific trends ...
Charles Ayoubi, Sandra Barbosu, Michele Pezzoni, Fabiana Visentin   +3 more
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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever–hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500–700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in ...
Randal J. Schoepp, Cynthia A. Rossi, Sheik H. Khan, Augustine Goba, Joseph N. Fair   +4 more
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Understanding the transmission pathways of Lassa fever: A mathematical modeling approach

Infectious Disease Modelling, 2023
The spread of Lassa fever infection is increasing in West Africa over the last decade. The impact of this can better be understood when considering the various possible transmission routes.
Praise-God Uchechukwu Madueme, Faraimunashe Chirove   +1 more
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Widespread SARS‐CoV‐2 Transmission Despite Limited Reported Cases and Clinical Disease: Exploring the Role of Pre‐Existing Humoral Immunity to SARS‐CoV‐2 in Eastern Sierra Leone

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Since December 2019, SARS‐CoV‐2 has infected over 700 million people and caused > 7 million deaths. While much of the global north was severely affected, sub‐Saharan Africa was relatively spared. Possible reasons include a younger population, fewer comorbidities, and pre‐existing immunity.
Robert J. Samuels, Nell G. Bond, Ibrahim Sumah, Donald S. Grant, Mohamed S. Kamara, Lydia Bazzano, Camilo Fernandez, Rodrigo Borrega, Sruti Chandra, Celia R. Glezer, John S. Schieffelin, Troy D. Moon   +11 more
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