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Lassa Fever in West Africa: Evidence for an Expanded Region of Endemicity
Author(s) -
Sogoba N.,
Feldmann H.,
Safronetz D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01469.x
Subject(s) - sierra leone , lassa fever , lassa virus , geography , virology , socioeconomics , biology , virus , sociology
Summary Lassa virus (LASV) is endemic in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia (known as the Mano River region) and Nigeria and Lassa fever cases from these countries are being reported annually. Recent investigations have found evidence for an expanded endemicity zone between the two known Lassa endemic regions indicating that LASV is more widely distributed throughout the Tropical Wooded Savanna ecozone in West Africa.