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A Systematic Review on the Economic Burden of the Most Prevalent Infectious Diseases in West Africa
Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aim Infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, and Lassa fever, pose a significant public health and economic challenge in West Africa. The financial burden includes direct medical costs (hospitalization, medication, diagnostics), nonmedical costs (transportation, food, caregiving), and indirect costs (loss ...
Kofi Afriyie Nyamekye +3 more
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Ebola virus infection among western healthcare workers unable to recall the transmission route [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction. During the 2014-2016 West-African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, some HCWs from Western countries became infected despite proper equipment and training on EVD infection prevention and control (IPC) standards.
Messano, GIUSEPPE ALESSIO +3 more
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Outbreak of lassa fever in Nigeria: measures for prevention and control
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, extremely virulent and often infectious, occurs very frequently in different parts of Nigeria [1-4] and affects approximately 100,000-500,000 persons per year in West Africa.
Kehinde Charles Mofolorunsho
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Data set on Lassa fever in post-conflict Sierra Leone
Data in Brief, 2019 Lassa fever is a rodent-borne illness that is endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Guinea. The disease is named after the town of Lassa, Nigeria where it was discovered in 1969.
Jeffrey G. Shaffer +10 more
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Strategic Preparedness of Broad‐Spectrum Antivirals for Rapid Response Towards Next Pandemics
Small Science, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2026.Nanoengineered broad‐spectrum antivirals (BSAs) represent a transformative approach to pandemic preparedness. Unlike virus‐specific drugs requiring separate development, BSAs act across multiple viral families through nanoengineering strategies that enhance solubility, bioavailability, and host‐targeted activity.
Sanoj Rejinold N +2 more
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Lassa Fever in Travelers from West Africa, 1969–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Lassa virus is a rodentborne arenavirus responsible for human cases of Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever, in West Africa and in travelers arriving to non–Lassa-endemic countries from West Africa.
Aaron Kofman +2 more
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Advances in Public Health, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus and is mainly spread through direct and indirect human–rodent interaction. In Nigeria, Lassa fever outbreaks are becoming more frequent, and studies suggest that changes in climatic and ecological conditions will exacerbate these trends. It is crucial that health professionals
Ibrahim Yusuf Eroje +2 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018 We evaluated the impact of man-made conflict events and climate change impact in guiding evidence-based community “One Health” epidemiology and emergency response practice against re-/emerging epidemics.
Ernest Tambo +2 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.The cross‐reactivity of substrates, modulators with other enzymes significantly reduces/prevents our ability to design such highly specific, that is, “one warhead–one target”, modulators. On the other hand, the potential “impasse” fuels repurposing of already developed drugs.
Monika I. Konaklieva +2 more
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Mass media reportage of Lassa fever in Nigeria: a viewpoint
Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 In Nigeria, the mass media are used independently or complementarily in health promotion activities to achieve positive lifestyle changes. The mass media can play a positive role in combating the Lassa fever epidemic and its attendant fatality in Nigeria.
Joseph Oluchukwu Wogu +6 more
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