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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies: study population and design

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

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