Prevalence of Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in Nigerian children with fever or fever and convulsions in an endemic area.

• Main Authors: Odigie C Akhuemokhan (Author), Rosemary O Ewah-Odiase (Author), Nosa Akpede (Author), Jacqueline Ehimuan (Author), Donatus I Adomeh (Author), Ikpomwonsa Odia (Author), Sylvia C Olomu (Author), Meike Pahlmann (Author), Beate Becker-Ziaja (Author), Christian T Happi (Author), Danny A Asogun (Author), Sylvanus A Okogbenin (Author), Peter O Okokhere (Author), Osagie S Dawodu (Author), Irekpono U Omoike (Author), Pardis C Sabeti (Author), Stephan Günther (Author), George O Akpede (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Convulsions with fever in children are a common neurologic emergency in the tropics, and determining the contribution of endemic viral infections can be challenging. In particular, there is a dearth of data on the prevalence and clinical differentiation of Lassa virus disease (LVD) in febrile childr...