Identification of co-circulating pathogens that are clinically indistinguishable from Lassa fever during the 2018 Lassa outbreak in Nigeria

• J. Ashcroft,
• E. Ndodo,
• C. Dannwafor,
• B. Gannon,
• H. Bagnall,
• N. Mba,
• E. Ilori,
• A. Olayinka,
• C. Ihekweazu

Affiliations

J. Ashcroft

UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, Microbiology, Porton Down, UK; Corresponding author.

E. Ndodo

NCDC, Abuja, Nigeria

C. Dannwafor

NCDC, Abuja, Nigeria

B. Gannon

UK-PHRST, Microbiology, Porton Down, UK

H. Bagnall

Public Health England, London, UK

N. Mba

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Laboratories, Abuja, Nigeria

E. Ilori

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Surveillance, Abuja, Nigeria

A. Olayinka

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Medical Microbiology, Shika-Zaria, Nigeria

C. Ihekweazu

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Surveillance and Epidemiology, Abuja, Nigeria