Risk maps of Lassa fever in West Africa.
BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is caused by a viral haemorrhagic arenavirus that affects two to three million people in West Africa, causing a mortality of between 5,000 and 10,000 each year. The natural reservoir of Lassa virus is the multi-mammate rat Mastomys natalensis, which lives in houses and surro...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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