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:10.3201/eid2805.211153

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	994-997
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211153
Publication status	Published - May 2022

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Funding Information:
We thank the following persons for their support: Anthony Ahumibe, Innocent Okoli, Dan Bailey, Ruth Elderfield, Matt Catton, Anna Seale, Susan Ismaeel, Thom Banks, William Nicholas, Jimmy Whitworth, Steve Pullan, Dan Carter, Karen Osman, Sola Aruna, Colin Brown, Miles Carroll, and Tim Brooks. The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team is a partnership between Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, funded by UK Aid from the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Ashcroft, J. W., Olayinka, A., Ndodo, N., Lewandowski, K., Curran, M. D., Dan Nwafor, C., Madubuike, K., Bagnall, H., Musa, A. S., Ahmad, A., Akinpelu, A., Adeleye, A., Martin, C., Akano, A., Onoja, M., Iniobong, A., Ukponu, W., Arinze, C., Ilori, E., ... Ihekweazu, C. (2022). Pathogens that Cause Illness Clinically Indistinguishable from Lassa Fever, Nigeria, 2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(5), 994-997. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211153

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