Geographical drivers and climate-linked dynamics of Lassa fever in Nigeria

Lassa Fever is a rodent-borne viral haemorrhagic fever that is a public health problem in West Africa. Here, the authors develop a spatiotemporal model of the socioecological drivers of disease using surveillance data from Nigeria, and find evidence of climate sensitivity.

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Auteurs principaux: David W. Redding, Rory Gibb, Chioma C. Dan-Nwafor, Elsie A. Ilori, Rimamdeyati Usman Yashe, Saliu H. Oladele, Michael O. Amedu, Akanimo Iniobong, Lauren A. Attfield, Christl A. Donnelly, Ibrahim Abubakar, Kate E. Jones, Chikwe Ihekweazu
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/26537a2c0abf46a68a1a30b46bb6b5c8
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Résumé:Lassa Fever is a rodent-borne viral haemorrhagic fever that is a public health problem in West Africa. Here, the authors develop a spatiotemporal model of the socioecological drivers of disease using surveillance data from Nigeria, and find evidence of climate sensitivity.