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Lassa virus: seroepidemiological survey of rodents caught in Ekpoma and environs
L E Okoror1, F I Esumeh, D E Agbonlahor
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State Nigeria. Larison86@yahoo.com
Tropical Doctor
|February 17, 2005
Abstract:
Of the 876 rodents caught in different parts of Ekpoma, Nigeria, and environs, 218 were Mastomys natalensis, while 658 were other rodents. Of the 218 M. natalensis caught, 102 (46.79%) were positive for complement fixing antibody to Lassa virus.

