The primary focus of my research on Lassa Fever, caused by Lassa mammarenavirus (LASV), is on the rodent system in Sierra Leone. I am also involved in research on the development of novel, cross-species diagnostics alongside human epidemiology. My work with the SCAPES project has led to me working with Nigerian collaborators where we are focussing on human epidemiology, interactions with rodents and wider socio-ecological determinants of human interactions with rodents that lead to LASV exposure.
Contact networks of small mammals highlight potential transmission foci of Lassa mammarenavirus.
Rodent
Ecology
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
Preprint
Network
Transmission
Land use gradients drive spatial variation in Lassa fever host communities in Eastern Sierra Leone.
Rodent
Ecology
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
Preprint
Landuse Change
SCAPES - Cross-scale dynamics of LASV spillover within human-driven ecosystems.
Rodent
Ecology
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
Human
Transmission
Nigeria
Rodent trapping studies as an overlooked information source for understanding endemic and novel zoonotic spillover.
Rodent
Ecology
Zoonosis
West Africa
Published
Peer Reviewed
Open Data
Lassa Fever cases suffer from severe under-reporting based on reported fatalities.
Lassa Fever
Published
Epidemiology
West Africa
Open Data
Peer Reviewed
Inference from phylogeography and molecular epidemiology of Lassa virus is limited by sampling and sequencing bias in endemic regions.
Phylogeography
Molecular Epidemiology
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
West Africa
Published
Development of a species agnostic assay for Lassa mammarenavirus
Assay Development
LIPS
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
In Preparation
Investigating rodent activity within houses in Eastern Sierra Leone.
Rodent
Ecology
Camera Trapping
In Preparation
The niche of One Health approaches in Lassa fever surveillance and control.
One Health
Zoonosis
Lassa Fever
Published
West Africa
PANDORA
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