From: Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests for Lassa fever: a systematic review
Author and reference | Year Published | Journal | Study Country | Study population | Study design | Patient Age Range |
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Boisen et al. [19] | 2018 | Scientific Reports | Sierra Leone | Suspected Lassa fever patients and their contacts | Prospective cohort | not stated |
Boisen et al. [19] | 2018 | Scientific Reports | Sierra Leone | Suspected Lassa fever patients and their contacts | Prospective cohort | not stated |
Bausch et al. [20] | 2000 | Journal of Clinical Virology | Sierra Leone and Guinea | Suspected Lassa fever patients | Prospective cohort | not stated |
Gabriel et al. [21] | 2017 | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Nigeria, Ghana and Germany | Suspected Lassa fever patients | Prospective cohort | not stated |
Ibekwe et al. [22] | 2012 | Nigerian Medical Journal | Nigeria | Clinically diagnosed patients and referred suspected patients | Case-control | 11–61 years |
Meulen et al. [23] | 1998 | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | Guinea and Liberia and Germany (Hamburg) | Patients with fever of unknown origin and hemorrhage | Cross-sectional | not stated |
Emmerich et al. [24] | 2006 | Journal of Clinical Virology | Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea | Healthy adult blood donors | Cross-sectional | 18–53 |
Olschlager et al. [25] | 2010 | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | Liberia and Nigeria | Laboratory confirmed Lassa patients | Cross-sectional | not stated |
Trappier et al. [26] | 1993 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | Sierra Leone | Suspected Lassa fever patients | Cross-sectional | not stated |