Projektnummer

0051956

Zusammenfassung

Lassa virus and other viruses causing hemorrhagic fever (VHF) are prevalent in West Africa and led to outbreaks with considerable morbidity and mortality in the past. However, up-to-date information on prevalence and geographic distribution of these viruses is largely lacking. Molecular tools to diagnose Lassa fever and other VHF are not established in Nigeria and Ghana, and national research programmes aiming at identifying and characterising VHF agents, as well as estimating their public health relevance do not exist. Therefore, through the project state-of-the-art technologies for v...