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

oleh: 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

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01

Deskripsi

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.