Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis on the fragile health system

doi:10.1002/jmv.27169

. 2021 Oct;93(10):5707-5709.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.27169. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis on the fragile health system

Mohammad Mehedi Hasan^{1

2}, Ana Carla Dos Santos Costa³, Eleni Xenophontos⁴, Parvathy Mohanan⁵, Esther Edet Bassey⁶, Shoaib Ahmad⁷, Mohammad Yasir Essar⁸

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¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, The Red-Green Research Centre, BICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Department of General Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁶ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁸ Department of Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

PMID: 34191292
PMCID: PMC8427126
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27169

Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis on the fragile health system

Mohammad Mehedi Hasan et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;93(10):5707-5709.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.27169. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

Authors

Mohammad Mehedi Hasan^{1

2}, Ana Carla Dos Santos Costa³, Eleni Xenophontos⁴, Parvathy Mohanan⁵, Esther Edet Bassey⁶, Shoaib Ahmad⁷, Mohammad Yasir Essar⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, The Red-Green Research Centre, BICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Department of General Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁶ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁸ Department of Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

PMID: 34191292
PMCID: PMC8427126
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27169

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Keywords: Lassa virus < virus classification; coronavirus < virus classification; public policy < social science.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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[1] Happi AN, Happi CT, Schoepp RJ. Lassa fever diagnostics: past, present, and future. Curr Opin Virol. 2019;37:132‐138. 10.1016/j.coviro.2019.08.002 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Happi AN, Happi CT, Schoepp RJ. Lassa fever diagnostics: past, present, and future. Curr Opin Virol. 2019;37:132‐138. 10.1016/j.coviro.2019.08.002 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Asogun DA, Günther S, Akpede GO, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A. Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, management and prevention. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019;33(4):933‐951. 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.002 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Asogun DA, Günther S, Akpede GO, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A. Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, management and prevention. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2019;33(4):933‐951. 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.002 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Purushotham J, Lambe T, Gilbert SC. Vaccine platforms for the prevention of Lassa fever. Immunol Lett. 2019;215:1‐11. 10.1016/j.imlet.2019.03.008 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Purushotham J, Lambe T, Gilbert SC. Vaccine platforms for the prevention of Lassa fever. Immunol Lett. 2019;215:1‐11. 10.1016/j.imlet.2019.03.008 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Rabiu AT, Mohan A, Çavdaroğlu S, et al. Dengue and COVID‐19: a double burden to Brazil. J Med Virol. 2021;93:4092‐4093. 10.1002/jmv.26955 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Rabiu AT, Mohan A, Çavdaroğlu S, et al. Dengue and COVID‐19: a double burden to Brazil. J Med Virol. 2021;93:4092‐4093. 10.1002/jmv.26955 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Jain S, Rocha ICN, Maheshwari C, et al. Chikungunya and COVID‐19 in Brazil: the danger of an overlapping crises. J Med Virol. 2021;93:4090‐4091. 10.1002/jmv.26952 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Jain S, Rocha ICN, Maheshwari C, et al. Chikungunya and COVID‐19 in Brazil: the danger of an overlapping crises. J Med Virol. 2021;93:4090‐4091. 10.1002/jmv.26952 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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