Humoral and cellular immune responses to Lassa fever virus in Lassa fever survivors and their exposed contacts in Southern Nigeria

Abstract Elucidating the adaptive immune characteristics of natural protection to Lassa fever (LF) is vital in designing and selecting optimal vaccine candidates. With rejuvenated interest in LF and a call for accelerated research on the Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine, there is a need to define the corr...

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Main Authors: Chinedu Ugwu, Testimony Olumade, Ebenezer Nwakpakpa, Venatius Onyia, Elizabeth Odeh, Rosemary Ogonna Duruiheoma, Chiedozie K. Ojide, Matthew Afam Eke, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Nwafor, Nneka Chika-Igwenyi, Augustine M. Abu, Benedict Azuogu, Nnennaya Ajayi, Emeka Ogah, Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Nelson Adedosu, Nicholas Oyejide, Sylvester Abah, Abiola Omidele, Winifred Ingbian, Emmanuel Osoba, Philomena Eromon, Paul Oluniyi, Olusola Ogunsanya, Anise Happi, Patricia Otuh, Angalee Nadesalingam, George Carnell, Nina Krause, Ernest Aguinam, Rebecca Kinsley, Daniel Matthew L. Storisteanu, Paul Tonks, Diana Nelson, Carley McAlister, Matthew Boisen, Robert Garry, Edward Wright, Nigel Temperton, Simon Frost, Jonathan Luke Heeney, Christian Happi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26045-w