Search Results - "Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet"

Predicting the fine‐scale spatial distribution of zoonotic reservoirs using computer vision by Layman, Nathan C., Basinski, Andrew J., Zhang, Boyu, Eskew, Evan A., Bird, Brian H., Ghersi, Bruno M., Bangura, James, Fichet‐Calvet, Elisabeth, Remien, Christopher H., Vandi, Mohamed, Bah, Mohamed, Nuismer, Scott L.

“…Zoonotic diseases threaten human health worldwide and are often associated with anthropogenic disturbance. Predicting how disturbance influences spillover risk…”
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Domestic risk factors for increased rodent abundance in a Lassa fever endemic region of rural Upper Guinea by Clark, Julia, Yakob, Laith, Douno, Moussa, Lamine, Joseph, Magassouba, N.’Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Mari-Saez, Almudena

“…Lassa fever (LF) is a viral haemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa and spread primarily by the multimammate rat, Mastomys natalensis . As there is no…”
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Systematics, Ecology, and Host Switching: Attributes Affecting Emergence of the Lassa Virus in Rodents across Western Africa by Olayemi, Ayodeji, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Ever since it was established that rodents serve as reservoirs of the zoonotic Lassa virus (LASV), scientists have sought to answer the questions: which…”
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Risk maps of Lassa fever in West Africa by Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Rogers, David John

“…Lassa fever is caused by a viral haemorrhagic arenavirus that affects two to three million people in West Africa, causing a mortality of between 5,000 and…”
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New Hosts of The Lassa Virus by Olayemi, Ayodeji, Cadar, Daniel, Magassouba, N’Faly, Obadare, Adeoba, Kourouma, Fode, Oyeyiola, Akinlabi, Fasogbon, Samuel, Igbokwe, Joseph, Rieger, Toni, Bockholt, Sabrina, Jérôme, Hanna, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Garigliany, Mutien, Lorenzen, Stephan, Igbahenah, Felix, Fichet, Jean-Nicolas, Ortsega, Daniel, Omilabu, Sunday, Günther, Stephan, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Lassa virus (LASV) causes a deadly haemorrhagic fever in humans, killing several thousand people in West Africa annually. For 40 years, the Natal multimammate…”
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New Lineage of Lassa Virus, Togo, 2016 by Whitmer, Shannon L M, Strecker, Thomas, Cadar, Daniel, Dienes, Hans-Peter, Faber, Kelly, Patel, Ketan, Brown, Shelley M, Davis, William G, Klena, John D, Rollin, Pierre E, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Noack, Bernd, Emmerich, Petra, Rieger, Toni, Wolff, Svenja, Fehling, Sarah Katharina, Eickmann, Markus, Mengel, Jan Philipp, Schultze, Tilman, Hain, Torsten, Ampofo, William, Bonney, Kofi, Aryeequaye, Juliana Naa Dedei, Ribner, Bruce, Varkey, Jay B, Mehta, Aneesh K, Lyon, 3rd, G Marshall, Kann, Gerrit, De Leuw, Philipp, Schuettfort, Gundolf, Stephan, Christoph, Wieland, Ulrike, Fries, Jochen W U, Kochanek, Matthias, Kraft, Colleen S, Wolf, Timo, Nichol, Stuart T, Becker, Stephan, Ströher, Ute, Günther, Stephan

“…We describe a strain of Lassa virus representing a putative new lineage that was isolated from a cluster of human infections with an epidemiologic link to…”
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Quantifying the risk of spillover reduction programs for human health by Nuismer, Scott L, Basinski, Andrew J, Schreiner, Courtney L, Eskew, Evan A, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Remien, Christopher H

“…Reducing spillover of zoonotic pathogens is an appealing approach to preventing human disease and minimizing the risk of future epidemics and pandemics…”
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Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea by Mari Saez, Almudena, Cherif Haidara, Mory, Camara, Amara, Kourouma, Fodé, Sage, Mickaël, Magassouba, N'Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever caused by an arenavirus. The disease is endemic in West African countries, including Guinea. The rodents Mastomys…”
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Hunting and consumption of rodents by children in the Lassa fever endemic area of Faranah, Guinea by Douno, Moussa, Asampong, Emmanuel, Magassouba, N'Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Almudena, Marí Sáez

“…As a consequence of the Ebola outbreak, human-animal contact has gained importance for zoonotic transmission surveillance. In Faranah (Upper Guinea), daily…”
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MHC-I alleles mediate clearance and antibody response to the zoonotic Lassa virus in Mastomys rodent reservoirs by Olayemi, Ayodeji, Schmid, Dominik Werner, Fleischer, Ramona, Wilhelm, Kerstin, Heni, Alexander Christoph, Mueller-Klein, Nadine, Haikukutu, Lavinia, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Günther, Stephan, Sommer, Simone

“…West African Mastomys rodents are the primary reservoir of the zoonotic Lassa virus (LASV). The virus causes haemorrhagic Lassa fever and considerable…”
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Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa by Basinski, Andrew J, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Sjodin, Anna R, Varrelman, Tanner J, Remien, Christopher H, Layman, Nathan C, Bird, Brian H, Wolking, David J, Monagin, Corina, Ghersi, Bruno M, Barry, Peter A, Jarvis, Michael A, Gessler, Paul E, Nuismer, Scott L

“…Forecasting the risk of pathogen spillover from reservoir populations of wild or domestic animals is essential for the effective deployment of interventions…”
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Reservoir displacement by an invasive rodent reduces Lassa virus zoonotic spillover risk by Eskew, Evan A., Bird, Brian H., Ghersi, Bruno M., Bangura, James, Basinski, Andrew J., Amara, Emmanuel, Bah, Mohamed A., Kanu, Marilyn C., Kanu, Osman T., Lavalie, Edwin G., Lungay, Victor, Robert, Willie, Vandi, Mohamed A., Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Nuismer, Scott L.

“…The black rat ( Rattus rattus ) is a globally invasive species that has been widely introduced across Africa. Within its invasive range in West Africa, R…”
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Epizootic emergence of Usutu virus in wild and captive birds in Germany by Becker, Norbert, Jöst, Hanna, Ziegler, Ute, Eiden, Martin, Höper, Dirk, Emmerich, Petra, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Ehichioya, Deborah U, Czajka, Christina, Gabriel, Martin, Hoffmann, Bernd, Beer, Martin, Tenner-Racz, Klara, Racz, Paul, Günther, Stephan, Wink, Michael, Bosch, Stefan, Konrad, Armin, Pfeffer, Martin, Groschup, Martin H, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas

“…This study aimed to identify the causative agent of mass mortality in wild and captive birds in southwest Germany and to gather insights into the phylogenetic…”
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Lassa Virus in Pygmy Mice, Benin, 2016-2017 by Yadouleton, Anges, Agolinou, Achaz, Kourouma, Fodé, Saizonou, Raoul, Pahlmann, Meike, Bedié, Sonia Kossou, Bankolé, Honoré, Becker-Ziaja, Beate, Gbaguidi, Fernand, Thielebein, Anke, Magassouba, N'Faly, Duraffour, Sophie, Baptiste, Jean-Pierre, Günther, Stephan, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Lassa virus has been identified in 3 pygmy mice, Mus baoulei, in central Benin. The glycoprotein and nucleoprotein sequences cluster with the Togo strain…”
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Widespread arenavirus occurrence and seroprevalence in small mammals, Nigeria by Olayemi, Ayodeji, Oyeyiola, Akinlabi, Obadare, Adeoba, Igbokwe, Joseph, Adesina, Adetunji Samuel, Onwe, Francis, Ukwaja, Kingsley Nnanna, Ajayi, Nnennaya Anthony, Rieger, Toni, Günther, Stephan, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Lassa fever, killing thousands of people annually, is the most reported viral zoonotic disease in Nigeria. Recently, different rodent species carrying diverse…”
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Arenavirus Diversity and Phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria by Olayemi, Ayodeji, Obadare, Adeoba, Oyeyiola, Akinlabi, Igbokwe, Joseph, Fasogbon, Ayobami, Igbahenah, Felix, Ortsega, Daniel, Asogun, Danny, Umeh, Prince, Vakkai, Innocent, Abejegah, Chukwuyem, Pahlman, Meike, Becker-Ziaja, Beate, Günther, Stephan, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Mastomys natalensis rodents are natural hosts for Lassa virus (LASV). Detection of LASV in 2 mitochondrial phylogroups of the rodent near the Niger and Benue…”
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Using modelling to disentangle the relative contributions of zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission: the case of lassa fever by Lo Iacono, Giovanni, Cunningham, Andrew A, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Garry, Robert F, Grant, Donald S, Khan, Sheik Humarr, Leach, Melissa, Moses, Lina M, Schieffelin, John S, Shaffer, Jeffrey G, Webb, Colleen T, Wood, James L N

“…Zoonotic infections, which transmit from animals to humans, form the majority of new human pathogens. Following zoonotic transmission, the pathogen may already…”
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Rodent control strategies and Lassa virus: some unexpected effects in Guinea, West Africa by Mariën, Joachim, Sage, Mickaël, Bangura, Umaru, Lamé, Alicia, Koropogui, Michel, Rieger, Toni, Soropogui, Barré, Douno, Moussa, Magassouba, N'Faly, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…The Natal multimammate mouse ( ) is the host of Lassa mammarenavirus, causing Lassa haemorrhagic fever in West Africa. As there is currently no operational…”
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Detection of Lassa Virus-Reactive IgG Antibodies in Wild Rodents: Validation of a Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunological Assay by Soubrier, Hugo, Bangura, Umaru, Hoffmann, Chris, Olayemi, Ayodeji, Adesina, Adetunji Samuel, Günther, Stephan, Oestereich, Lisa, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of LASV-reactive IgG antibodies in…”
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Bayesian estimation of Lassa virus epidemiological parameters: Implications for spillover prevention using wildlife vaccination by Nuismer, Scott L, Remien, Christopher H, Basinski, Andrew J, Varrelman, Tanner, Layman, Nathan, Rosenke, Kyle, Bird, Brian, Jarvis, Michael, Barry, Peter, Hanley, Patrick W, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth

“…Lassa virus is a significant burden on human health throughout its endemic region in West Africa, with most human infections the result of spillover from the…”
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