Geographical drivers and climate-linked dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria

Geographical drivers and climate-linked dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria

Lassa Fever is a rodent-borne viral haemorrhagic fever that is a public health problem in West Africa. Here, the authors develop a spatiotemporal model of the socioecological drivers of disease using surveillance data from Nigeria, and find evidence of climate sensitivity.

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Main Authors: David W. Redding, Rory Gibb, Chioma C. Dan-Nwafor, Elsie A. Ilori, Rimamdeyati Usman Yashe, Saliu H. Oladele, Michael O. Amedu, Akanimo Iniobong, Lauren A. Attfield, Christl A. Donnelly, Ibrahim Abubakar, Kate E. Jones, Chikwe Ihekweazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25910-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25910-y

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