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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2024

Rodent control strategies and Lassa virus: some unexpected effects in Guinea, West Africa.

Joachim Mariën, Mickaël Sage, Umaru Bangura, Alicia Lamé, Michel Koropogui, Toni Rieger, Barré Soropogui, Moussa Douno, N'Faly Magassouba, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Joachim MariënEvolutionary Ecology group, Department of Biology University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mickaël SageFaune INNOV' R&D - Wildlife INNOVATION, Besançon, France.
Umaru BanguraImplementation Research, Zoonoses Control group, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8789-3187
Alicia LaméFaune INNOV' R&D - Wildlife INNOVATION, Besançon, France.
Michel KoropoguiProjet des fièvres Hémorragiques en Guinée, Laboratoire de Virologie, Conakry, Guinea.
Toni RiegerDepartment of Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Barré SoropoguiProjet des fièvres Hémorragiques en Guinée, Laboratoire de Virologie, Conakry, Guinea.
Moussa DounoProjet des fièvres Hémorragiques en Guinée, Laboratoire de Virologie, Conakry, Guinea.
N'Faly MagassoubaProjet des fièvres Hémorragiques en Guinée, Laboratoire de Virologie, Conakry, Guinea.
Elisabeth Fichet-CalvetImplementation Research, Zoonoses Control group, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9421-3538
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée · GNBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Natal multimammate mouse (

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Lassa FeverLassa virusAfrica, WesternAnimalsDisease ReservoirsGuineaMiceMurinaeRodent ControlSeroepidemiologic Studiesanticoagulant rodenticidesGuineaintegrated pest managementLassa virusMastomys natalensissnap trappingWest Africa

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PMID38597241
PMCPMC11034454
OpenAlexW4394691502

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