Lassa fever in Benin: description of the 2014 and 2016 epidemics and genetic characterization of a new Lassa virus

A Yadouleton, C Picard, T Rieger, F Loko… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… We report two outbreaks of Lassa fever that occurred in … new LASV strain has already
been involved in an imported case of LF, with further autochthonous transmission in Germany

A review of the recent advances on Lassa fever with special reference to molecular epidemiology and progress in vaccine development

N Medugu, B Adegboro, MS Babazhitsu… - African Journal of …, 2023 - ajol.info
… Control measures following a case of imported Lassa fever from Togo, North Rhine
Westphalia, Germany, 2016. 2017; 22 (39):17-00088 doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17…

Epidemiology of Lassa fever

AR Bell-Kareem, AR Smither - Lassa Fever: Epidemiology, Immunology …, 2021 - Springer
… There have been eight imported cases of Lassa Fever to the United States, three of which
were patients medically evacuated from West Africa. Lily Pinneo, the missionary nurse …

Lassa virus genetics

R Klitting, SB Mehta, JU Oguzie, PE Oluniyi… - Lassa Fever …, 2020 - Springer
… of the Lassa virus genome. We then review the tools used to obtain viral genomic sequences
used for phylogeny and molecularanalysis in understanding the evolution and ecology of …

Combating Lassa fever in West African sub-region: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives

C Aloke, NA Obasi, PM Aja, CU Emelike, CO Egwu… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lassa fever (LF) is a rodent-borne disease that threatens human health in the sub-region of
West Africa where the zoonotic host of Lassa virus (… among the different strains of LASV and …

Lassa fever—the road ahead

RF Garry - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
… Recent imported cases document that Lassa fever is also a threat to non-endemic countries
59 . Confirmed human-to-human transmission occurred in Germany in 2018 (ref. ), two …

… ancestry between rodent-and human-derived virus sequences in endemic foci: towards a more integral molecular epidemiology of Lassa fever within West Africa

A Olayemi, AS Adesina, T Strecker, NF Magassouba… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
imported this strain. Finally, the … for Lassa fever in Nigeria [31], we conducted rodent trapping
in 24 GPS-tracked sites spanning the city, including precise addresses where Lassa fever

Lassa virus infection: a summary for clinicians

V Raabe, AK Mehta, JD Evans, A Beitscher… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Imported Lassa fever in Germany: surveillance and … Mortality among confirmed Lassa
fever cases during the 2015-2016 … of imported Lassa fever. Microbes Infect. 2002, 4:43-50. …

Lassa fever. Part 2. Laboratory diagnostics, treatment, development of medications

EI Kazachinskaia, VS Aripov, AV Ivanova… - Russian Journal of …, 2022 - iimmun.ru
Lassa fever (LF) common in West African countries, in 35 cases was registered in non-endemic
geographical areas because any person infected with Lassa virus (… cases of Lassa fever. …

A curse of Lassa fever: An update

AP Singh, J Batra, S Saxena… - Journal of Survey in …, 2023 - sifisheriessciences.com
… hemorrhagic fever known as Lassa fever was initially identified in 1969. Epidemics of …
Imported lassa fever in Germany: molecular characterization of a new lassa virus strain. Emerging …