Hunting and consumption of rodents by children in the Lassa fever endemic area of Faranah, Guinea.

• Main Authors: Moussa Douno (Author), Emmanuel Asampong (Author), N'Faly Magassouba (Author), Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet (Author), Marí Sáez Almudena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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As a consequence of the Ebola outbreak, human-animal contact has gained importance for zoonotic transmission surveillance. In Faranah (Upper Guinea), daily life is intertwined with rodents, such as the Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis; a reservoir for Lassa virus (LASV). However, this c...