Pathogens that Cause Illness Clinically Indistinguishable from Lassa Fever, Nigeria, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ashcroft, Jonathan W. ; Olayinka, Adebola ; Ndodo, Nnaemeka ; Lewandowski, Kuiama ; Curran, Martin D. ; Nwafor, Chioma Dan ; Madubuike, Kingsley ; Bagnall, Helen ; Musa, Abdulmajid S. ; Ahmad, Adama ; Akinpelu, Afolabi ; Adeleye, Adesola ; Martin, Chukwuji ; Akano, Adejoke ; Onoja, Michael ; Iniobong, Akanimo ; Ukponu, Winifred ; Arinze, Chinedu ; Ilori, Else ; Mba, Nwando ; Gannon, Benedict ; Ahumibe, Anthony ; Ihekweazu, Chikwe
• Description:
  During the 2018 Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, samples from patients with suspected Lassa fever but negative Lassa virus PCR results were processed through custom gene expression array cards and metagenomic sequencing. Results demonstrated no single etiology, but bacterial and viral pathogens (including mixed co-infections) were detected.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Humans Lassa Fever Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(5):994-997
• Pubmed ID:
  35226800
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9045454
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f128b90ab0744b70abaced555f1889d0441c24a83d1669e64d326c521fc9f40f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117274/cdc_117274_DS1.pdf
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