Quantifying the seasonal drivers of transmission for Lassa fever in Nigeria

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol. 374; no. 1775; p. 20180268
• Main Authors: Akhmetzhanov, Andrei R., Asai, Yusuke, Nishiura, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 24.06.2019
• Subjects: Animals; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Humans; Lassa Fever; Lassa Fever - epidemiology; Lassa Fever - transmission; Lassa Fever - veterinary; Lassa Fever - virology; Lassa virus; Lassa virus - physiology; Models, Theoretical; Nigeria; Nigeria - epidemiology; Rodent Diseases; Rodent Diseases - epidemiology; Rodent Diseases - transmission; Rodent Diseases - virology; Rodentia; Rodentia - physiology; Rodentia - virology; Seasons; Zoonoses; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - transmission; Zoonoses - virology; Nigeria; reservoir host; Lassa haemorrhagic fever; seasonality; Arenaviridae; multimammate rat

Lassa fever (LF) is a zoonotic disease that is widespread in West Africa and involves animal-to-human and human-to-human transmission. Animal-to-human transmission occurs upon exposure to rodent excreta and secretions, i.e. urine and saliva, and human-to-human transmission occurs via the bodily flui...