Prevalence of Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in Nigerian children with fever or fever and convulsions in an endemic area.

Autor: Akhuemokhan OC; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Ewah-Odiase RO; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Akpede N; Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Ehimuan J; Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Adomeh DI; Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Odia I; Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Olomu SC; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Pahlmann M; Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, Hamburg, Germany., Becker-Ziaja B; Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, Hamburg, Germany., Happi CT; Malaria Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria., Asogun DA; Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Okogbenin SA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Okokhere PO; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Dawodu OS; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Omoike IU; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria., Sabeti PC; Department of Organismic Biology, Broad Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America., Günther S; Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arboviruses and Hemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Department of Virology, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, Hamburg, Germany., Akpede GO; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.

Publikováno v: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2017 Jul 03; Vol. 11 (7), pp. e0005711. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 03 (Print Publication: 2017).