ArticleCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2023
Ecology of Lassa Virus.
Article in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Lassa virus live attenuated vaccine candidate that is safe and efficacious in guinea pigs.NPJ vaccines · 2024Article
- Lassa fever in Nigeria: epidemiology and risk perception.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Understanding Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers: Virus Diversity, Vector Ecology, and Public Health Strategies.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Treatment of highly virulent mammarenavirus infections-status quo and future directions.Expert opinion on drug discovery · 2024Review
- Pathogenesis of recent Lassa virus isolates from lineages II and VII in cynomolgus monkeys.Virulence · 2022Article
- Health seeking behavior after the 2013-16 Ebola epidemic: Lassa fever as a metric of persistent changes in Kenema District, Sierra Leone.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
Individuals living in endemic hotspots of Lassa fever have recurrent exposure to Lassa virus (LASV) via spillover from the primary host reservoir Mastomys natalensis. Despite M. natalensis being broadly distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, Lassa fever is only found in West Africa. In recent years, new LASV reservoirs have been identified. Erudition of rodent habitats, reproduction and fecundity, movement patterns, and spatial preferences are essential to institute preventative measures against Lassa fever. Evolutionary insights have also added to our knowledge of closely related mammarenavirus distribution amongst rodents throughout the continent.
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