Need for preventive and control measures for Lassa fever through the One Health strategic approach
Lassa virus (LASV) has increasingly been recognised as a significant public-health pathogen transmitted by rodents. LASV infection leads to life-threatening Lassa fever, which has high potential for severe morbidity and mortality. There have been several scientific efforts to understand the genomics...
Main Authors: | Idris Nasir Abdullahi, Abubakar Umar Anka, Peter Elisha Ghamba, Nkechi Blessing Onukegbe, Dele Ohinoyi Amadu, Matthew Oluwafemi Salami |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-09-01
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Series: | Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105820932616 |
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