Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis on the fragile health system

J Med Virol. 2021 Oct;93(10):5707-5709. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27169. Epub 2021 Jul 6.

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, The Red-Green Research Centre, BICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus.
⁵ Department of General Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁶ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁸ Department of Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Keywords: Lassa virus < virus classification; coronavirus < virus classification; public policy < social science.

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