Drivers of Lassa fever in an endemic area of southwestern Nigeria (2017–2021): An epidemiological study

• Simeon Cadmus ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  * E-mail: simeonc5@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Damien Foundation Genomic and Mycobacteria Research and Training Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-2316

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• Victor Akinseye,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Damien Foundation Genomic and Mycobacteria Research and Training Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, , Department of Chemical Sciences, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos, Nigeria

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• Eniola Cadmus,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Gboyega Famokun,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ondo State Ministry of Health, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

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• Stephen Fagbemi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ondo State Ministry of Health, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

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• Gabriel Ogunde,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6986-964X

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• Ayuba Philip,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Rashid Ansumana,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Community Health Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone

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• Adekunle Ayinmode,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Olalekan Taiwo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Daniel Oluwayelu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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• Oyewale Tomori,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria

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• Solomon Odemuyiwa

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Control and Prevention of Zoonoses, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

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