ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Lassa Fever: An Evolving Emergency in West Africa.
Review in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Temporal dynamics, climate associations, and surveillance performance of Lassa fever in Nigeria, 2020-2025: a national longitudinal analysis.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2026Article
- Impact of seasonal changes on the epidemiology of Lassa fever in a state in North Central, Nigeria.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2026Article
- Development of a Rapid and Sensitive AlphaLISA-Based Assay for Lassa Virus Glycoprotein Detection.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Missed Opportunities for Timely Diagnosis and Effective Therapeutic Management of Prolonged Fever: A Case Study of Confirmed Lassa Fever in N'Zérékoré, Guinea, 2022.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Lassa fever: A comprehensive review of virology, clinical management, and global health implications.World journal of virology · 2025Review
- Climate change and the global food chain: a catalyst for emerging infectious diseases?International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Rwanda's science-led response to Marburg virus holds lessons for other outbreaks in Africa.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- Challenges Associated With Re-Emergence of Lassa Fever in Nigeria: An Exploratory Study of Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, and Recommendations Toward Its Eradication.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Lassa fever in Nigeria: epidemiology and risk perception.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Seroprevalence and risk factors for Lassa virus infection in South-West and North-Central Nigeria: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Lassa Fever: Critical Review and Prospects for Control.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Hybrid-Capture Target Enrichment in Human Pathogens: Identification, Evolution, Biosurveillance, and Genomic Epidemiology.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Wildlife as Food and Medicine in Brazil: A Neglected Zoonotic Risk?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Diagnostics for detection and surveillance of priority epidemic-prone diseases in Africa: an assessment of testing capacity and laboratory strengthening needs.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Trend of Lassa fever cases and factors associated with mortality in Liberia, 2016 - 2021: a secondary data analysis.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Review
- Ecological correlates and predictors of Lassa fever incidence in Ondo State, Nigeria 2017-2021: an emerging urban trend.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Re-emergence of Lassa fever in Nigeria: A new challenge for public health authorities.Health science reports · 2023Review
- Lassa fever vaccine prospects: identifying immunodominant multi-epitopes as vaccine candidate.Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2023Article
- Lassa fever cases suffer from severe underreporting based on reported fatalities.International health · 2023Article
- Chaperonin TRiC/CCT Participates in Mammarenavirus Multiplication in Human Cells via Interaction with the Viral Nucleoprotein.Journal of virology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Lassa fever remains endemic in parts of West Africa and continues to pose as a quiescent threat globally. We described the background on Lassa fever, factors contributing to its emergence and spread, preventive measures, and potential solutions. This review provides a holistic and comprehensive source for academicians, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, infectious disease epidemiologists, virologists, and other stakeholders.
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