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 surrou...

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Autori principali: Fichet-Calvet, E, Rogers, D
Altri autori: Tesh, R
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2009
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