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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
Research

Influence of Landscape Patterns on Exposure to Lassa Fever Virus, Guinea

Stephanie Longet1Comments to Author , Cristina Leggio1, Joseph Akoi Bore1, Stephanie Key, Tom Tipton, Yper Hall, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Hilary Bower, Tapan Bhattacharyya, N’Faly Magassouba, Stephan Günther, Ana-Maria Henao-Restrapo, Jeremy S. Rossman, Mandy Kader Konde, Kimberly Fornace2, and Miles W. Carroll2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Pandemic Sciences Institute, Oxford, UK (S. Longet, J.A. Bore, T. Tipton, M.W. Carroll); UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down–Salisbury, UK (C. Leggio, Y. Hall, M.W. Carroll); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (C. Leggio, S. Key, H. Bower, T. Bhattacharyya, K. Fornace); Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea (J.A. Bore, F.R. Koundouno); Center of Excellence for Training, Research on Malaria & Priority Diseases in Guinea, Conakry (J.A. Bore, M.K. Konde); University of Kent School of Biosciences, Canterbury, UK (J.A. Bore, J.S. Rossman); Projet Laboratoire Fièvres Hémorragiques, Conakry (N. Magassouba); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (S. Günther); German Center for Infection Research, Hamburg–Lübeck–Borstel–Riems, Germany (S. Günther); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (A.-M. Henao-Restrapo); Research-Aid Networks, Chicago, Illinois, USA (J.S. Rossman); University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (K. Fornace)

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Figure 1

Study sites and Lassa fever virus (LASV) seropositivity for study of influence of landscape patterns on exposure to LASV, Guinea. A) Map of West Africa and Guinea showing coastal and forested sites for the study. Inset shows location of Guinea in Africa. B) LASV-specific IgG seropositivity (%) by village across the coastal and forested sites.

Figure 1. Study sites and Lassa fever virus (LASV) seropositivity for study of influence of landscape patterns on exposure to LASV, Guinea. A) Map of West Africa and Guinea showing coastal and forested sites for the study. Inset shows location of Guinea in Africa. B) LASV-specific IgG seropositivity (%) by village across the coastal and forested sites.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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