Prevalence and risk factors of Lassa seropositivity in inhabitants of the forest region of Guinea: a cross-sectional study.

• Main Authors: Solen Kernéis (Author), Lamine Koivogui (Author), N'Faly Magassouba (Author), Kekoura Koulemou (Author), Rosamund Lewis (Author), Aristide Aplogan (Author), Rebecca F Grais (Author), Philippe J Guerin (Author), Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa. The reservoir host of the virus is a multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis. Prevalence estimates of Lassa virus antibodies in humans vary greatly between studies, and the main modes of transmission of the virus from rodents...