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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in two states of Nigeria from a population based household survey Open

Nwachukwu William Enyereibe, Elsie Ilori, Laura C. Steinhardt, Kristen A. Stafford, Chioma Dan-Nwafor , et al. · 2025

SARS-CoV-2 population-based seroprevalence surveys are useful for estimating the extent of SARS-CoV-2 infections, which may be underestimated by COVID-19 case counts. Surveys conducted in October 2020 in four Nigerian states showed that SA…

Analysis of sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with Lassa fever disease and mortality in Nigeria Open

Adebola Olayinka, Kelly Elimian, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Jack Gibson , et al. · 2022

Over past decades, there has been increasing geographical spread of Lassa fever (LF) cases across Nigeria and other countries in West Africa. This increase has been associated with significant morbidity and mortality despite increasing foc…

The One Health approach to incident management of the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak response in Nigeria Open

Chioma Dan Nwafor, Elsie Ilori, Adebola Olayinka, Chinwe Lucia Ochu, Rosemary Olorundare , et al. · 2021

Evaluation of National Event-Based Surveillance, Nigeria, 2016–2018 Open

Kazim Beebeejaun, James Elston, Isabel Oliver, Adachioma Chinonso Ihueze, Chika Ukenedo , et al. · 2021

Nigeria Centres for Disease Control and Prevention established an event-based surveillance (EBS) system in 2016 to supplement traditional surveillance structures. The EBS system is comprised of an internet-based data mining tool and a call…

Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 Open

Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Yuki Furuse, Elsie Ilori, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Kachikwulu O. Akabike , et al. · 2019

Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633 cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554 laboratory-confirmed cases including 124 deaths were reported in 21 states in Nigeria. A publ…

2016/2017 Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria: age and sex have no effect on treatment outcome Open

Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Olabanji Ipadeola, Mohammed Saleh, Elsie Ilori, Chioma Dan-Nwafor , et al. · 2018

Introduction: Lassa fever is an endemic Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) in Nigeria. Improvements in case detection and treatment outcome could be achieved by understanding the transmission dynamics better and applying the lessons from previo…

Assessment of Lassa fever sample and case management preparedness in Nigeria 2017: challenges and way forward Open

Fatima Saleh, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Mary Doshima, Kayode Fasominu, Assad Hassan , et al. · 2018

Introduction: Lassa fever remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in West Africa. In Nigeria, Lassa fever (LF) is endemic with an annual cycle of incident cases across the country. Despite seasonal epidemic preparedness and r…

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