Lassa fever (LF) is increasingly recognized by global health institutions as an important
rodent-borne disease with severe impacts on some of West Africa's poorest communities …

Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest
percentage of living mammals on earth. Thus, it is not surprising that these two orders …

The multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the reservoir for Lassa virus (LASV).
Zoonotic transmission occurs when humans are directly or indirectly exposed to fluids of the …

Hemorrhagic fevers (HF) resulting from pathogenic arenaviral infections have traditionally
been neglected as tropical diseases primarily affecting African and South American regions …

Many emerging infections are RNA virus spillovers from animal reservoirs. Reservoir
identification is necessary for predicting the geographic extent of infection risk, but rarely are …

Abstract SARS‐CoV‐2 human‐to‐animal transmission can lead to the establishment of
novel reservoirs and the evolution of new variants with the potential to start new outbreaks in …

Background Lassa fever, killing thousands of people annually, is the most reported viral
zoonotic disease in Nigeria. Recently, different rodent species carrying diverse lineages of …

Zoonotic and vector-borne infectious diseases are among the most direct human health
consequences of biodiversity change. The COVID-19 pandemic increased health …

Spatiotemporally-localised prediction of virus emergence from wildlife requires focused
studies on the ecology and immunology of reservoir hosts in their native habitat. Reliable …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Lassa virus (LASV), the most prominent human pathogen of the
Arenaviridae, is transmitted to humans from infected rodents and can cause Lassa Fever …