Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2022)

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

  • Jonathan W. Ashcroft,
  • Adebola Olayinka,
  • Nnaemeka Ndodo,
  • Kuiama Lewandowski,
  • Martin D. Curran,
  • Chioma Dan Nwafor,
  • Kingsley Madubuike,
  • Helen Bagnall,
  • Abdulmajid S. Musa,
  • Adama Ahmad,
  • Afolabi Akinpelu,
  • Adesola Adeleye,
  • Chukwuji Martin,
  • Adejoke Akano,
  • Michael Onoja,
  • Akanimo Iniobong,
  • Winifred Ukponu,
  • Chinedu Arinze,
  • Else Ilori,
  • Nwando Mba,
  • Benedict Gannon,
  • Anthony Ahumibe,
  • Chikwe Ihekweazu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211153
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 5
pp. 994 – 997

Abstract

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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.

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