Search Results - "Kourouma, Fodé"
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Lassa Virus in Pygmy Mice, Benin, 2016-2017
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-10-2019)“…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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Evaluation of rodent control to fight Lassa fever based on field data and mathematical modelling
Published in Emerging microbes & infections (01-01-2019)“…The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the reservoir host of Lassa virus, an arenavirus that causes Lassa haemorrhagic fever in humans in West…”
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Deployment of a Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for Ebola Virus Surveillance in Remote Areas in Guinea
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-10-2016)“…To strengthen the laboratory diagnostic capacity for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the remote areas of Guinea, we deployed a mobile field laboratory and…”
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Movement Patterns of Small Rodents in Lassa Fever-Endemic Villages in Guinea
Published in EcoHealth (01-06-2018)“…The Natal multimammate mouse ( Mastomys natalensis ) is the reservoir host of Lassa arenavirus, the etiological agent of Lassa fever in humans. Because there…”
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Mastomys natalensis and Lassa fever, West Africa
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-12-2006)“…PCR screening of 1,482 murid rodents from 13 genera caught in 18 different localities of Guinea, West Africa, showed Lassa virus infection only in molecularly…”
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Fluctuation of abundance and Lassa virus prevalence in Mastomys natalensis in Guinea, West Africa
Published in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) (01-06-2007)“…Based on empiric surveillance data, the incidence of human Lassa fever (LF) cases in Guinea and other West African countries has been reported to increase…”
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Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2018)“…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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New Hosts of The Lassa Virus
Published in Scientific reports (03-05-2016)“…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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Clinical evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray® BioThreat-E test for the diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea
Published in Journal of clinical virology (01-07-2017)“…Highlights • A field study performed in Guinea during the West African Ebola outbreak. • Field assessment of clinical performance of the FilmArray® BioThreat-E…”
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Development and Evaluation of a One-Step Quantitative RT-PCR Assay for Detection of Lassa Virus
Published in Journal of virological methods (01-09-2019)“…•LASV RT-qPCR diagnostic sensitivity was 96.4% & specificity 100%.•Limit of detection ranged from 103- 105copies/ml with lineages I-IV.•Assay can be used with…”
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Mastomys natalensi s and Lassa Fever, West Africa
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