Publications per year

• 2021

  • Bridging the gap: Using reservoir ecology and human serosurveys to estimate Lassa virus spillover in West Africa.

    • Basinski, A. J., E. Fichet-Calvet, A. R. Sjodin, T. J. Varrelman, C. H. Remien, N. C. Layman, B. H. Bird, D. J. Wolking, C. Monagin, B. M. Ghersi, P. A. Barry, M. A. Jarvis, P. E. Gessler and S. L. Nuismer
    • PLoS Comput Biol 17(3): e1008811
    • 2021-01-01

  • Domestic risk factors for increased rodent abundance in a Lassa fever endemic region of rural Upper Guinea.

    • Clark, J., L. Yakob, M. Douno, J. Lamine, N. Magassouba, E. Fichet-Calvet and A. Mari-Saez
    • Sci Rep 11(1): 20698
    • 2021-01-01

  • Detection of Lassa virus in wild rodent feces: Implications for Lassa fever burden within households in the endemic region of Faranah, Guinea.

    • Wood, R., U. Bangura, J. Mariën, M. Douno and E. Fichet-Calvet
    • One Health 13: 100317
    • 2021-01-01

  • Hunting and consumption of rodents by children in the Lassa fever endemic area of Faranah, Guinea.

    • Douno, M., E. Asampong, N. Magassouba, E. Fichet-Calvet and A. Mari Saez
    • PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(3): e0009212
    • 2021-01-01

• 2020

  • Households as hotspots of Lassa fever? Assessing the spatial distribution of Lassa virus-infected rodents in rural villages of Guinea

    • Marien, J., Lo Iacono, G., Rieger, T., Magassouba, N., Gunther, S., & Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Emerg Microbes Infect, 9(1), 1055-1064
    • 2020-09-07

  • Lassa fever in Benin: description of the 2014 and 2016 epidemics and genetic characterization of a new Lassa virus.

    • Yadouleton, A., Picard, C., Rieger, T., Loko, F., Cadar, D., Kouthon, E.C., Job, E.O., Bankole, H., Oestereich, L., Gbaguidi, F., Pahlman, M., Becker-Ziaja, B., Journeaux, A., Pannetier, D., Mely, S., Mundweiler, S., Thomas, D., Kohossi, L., Saizonou, R., Kakai, C.G., Da Silva, M., Kossoubedie, S., Kakonku, A.L., M'Pele, P., Gunther, S., Baize, S., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Emerging microbes & infections 9, 1761-1770
    • 2020-01-01

  • Systematics, Ecology, and Host Switching: Attributes Affecting Emergence of the Lassa Virus in Rodents across Western Africa.

    • Olayemi, A., & Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Viruses, 12(3)
    • 2020-01-01

  • Determining Ancestry between Rodent- and Human-Derived Virus Sequences in Endemic Foci: Towards a More Integral Molecular Epidemiology of Lassa Fever within West Africa.

    • Olayemi, A., Adesina, A.S., Strecker, T., Magassouba, N., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Biology 9
    • 2020-01-01

• 2019

  • Evaluation of rodent control to fight Lassa fever based on field data and mathematical modelling

    • Marien, J., Borremans, B., Kourouma, F., Baforday, J., Rieger, T., Gunther, S., Magassouba, N., Leirs, H., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Emerging microbes & infections 8, 640-649.
    • 2019-09-10

  • Lassa Virus in Pygmy Mice, Benin, 2016-2017.

    • Yadouleton, A., Agolinou, A., Kourouma, F., Saizonou, R., Pahlmann, M., Bedie, S.K., Bankole, H., Becker-Ziaja, B., Gbaguidi, F., Thielebein, A., Magassouba, N., Duraffour, S., Baptiste, J.P., Gunther, S., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Emerg. Infect. Dis. 25, 1977-1979
    • 2019-01-01

• 2018

  • Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea

    • Mari Saez, A., Cherif Haidara, M., Camara, A., Kourouma, F., Sage, M., Magassouba, N., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 12 (11) e0006829
    • 2018-11-06

  • Movement Patterns of Small Rodents in Lassa Fever-Endemic Villages in Guinea

    • Marien, J., Kourouma, F., Magassouba, N., Leirs, H., Fichet-Calvet, E
    • Ecohealth
    • 2018-09-19

  • Small mammal diversity and dynamics within Nigeria, with emphasis on reservoirs of the Lassa virus

    • Olayemi, A., Obadare, A., Oyeyiola, A., Fasogbon, A., Igbokwe, J., Igbahenah, F., Orstega, D., Günther, S., Verheyen, E., Fichet-Calvet, E.
    • Systematics and Biodiversity 15, 1-10
    • 2018-01-01

• 2017

  • At Home with Mastomys and Rattus: Human-Rodent Interactions and Potential for Primary Transmission of Lassa Virus in Domestic Spaces.

    • Bonwitt, J., Saez, A.M., Lamin, J., Ansumana, R., Dawson, M., Buanie, J., Lamin, J., Sondufu, D., Borchert, M., Sahr, F., Fichet-Calvet, E., Brown, H.
    • Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg.
    • 2017-01-01

• 2016

  • New Hosts of The Lassa Virus.

    • Olayemi A, Cadar D, Magassouba N, Obadare A, Kourouma F, Oyeyiola A, Fasogbon S, Igbokwe J, Rieger T, Bockholt S, Jérôme H, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Garigliany M, Lorenzen S, Igbahenah F, Fichet JN, Ortsega D, Omilabu S, Günther S, Fichet-Calvet E.
    • Sci Rep. 2016 May 3;6:25280.
    • 2016-05-01

  • Arenavirus Diversity and Phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria.

    • Olayemi A, Obadare A, Oyeyiola A, Igbokwe J, Fasogbon A, Igbahenah F, Ortsega D, Asogun D, Umeh P, Vakkai I, Abejegah C, Pahlman M, Becker-Ziaja B, Günther S, Fichet-Calvet E.
    • Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr;22(4):694-7
    • 2016-04-01

  • Rat-atouille: A Mixed Method Study to Characterize Rodent Hunting and Consumption in the Context of Lassa Fever.

    • Bonwitt J, Kelly AH, Ansumana R, Agbla S, Sahr F, Saez AM, Borchert M, Kock R, Fichet-Calvet E.
    • Ecohealth. 2016 Jun;13(2):234-47
    • 2016-02-19

  • Spatial and temporal evolution of Lassa virus in the natural host population in Upper Guinea.

    • Fichet-Calvet E., Ölschläger S, Strecker T, Koivogui L, Becker-Ziaja B, Camara AB, Soropogui B, Magassouba N, Günther S.
    • Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 25;6:21977
    • 2016-02-01

• 2014

  • Lassa Virus Seroprevalence in Natural Populations of rodents and Horizontal Transmission.

    • Fichet-Calvet E., Becker-Ziaja B., Koivogui L. and Günther S.
    • Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2014 Vol. 14, No. 9: 665-674
    • 2014-01-01

• 2013

  • Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana.

    • Kronmann KC, Nimo-Paintsil S, Guirguis F, Kronmann LC, Bonney K, Obiri-Danso K, Ampofo W, Fichet-Calvet E.
    • Emerging Infectious Diseases 2013;19:1832-5
    • 2013-01-01

• 2009

  • Diversity, dynamics and reproduction in a community of small mammals in Upper Guinea, with emphasis on pygmy mice ecology

    • Fichet-Calvet, E., Audenaert, L., Barriere, P. & Verheyen, E.
    • African Journal of Ecology, 48: 600-614.
    • 2009-01-01

  • Prevalence and risk factors of Lassa seropositivity in inhabitants of the forest region of Guinea: a cross-sectional study

    • Kernéis S., Koivogui L., Magassouba N., Koulemou K., Lewis R., Aplogan A., Grais R.F., Guerin P.J., Fichet-Calvet E.
    • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 3: e548
    • 2009-01-01

• 2008

  • Reproductive characteristics of Mastomys natalensis and Lassa virus prevalence in Guinea, West Africa.

    • Fichet-Calvet E., Lecompte E., Koivogui L., Daffis S. and J. ter Meulen
    • Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 8: 41-48
    • 2008-01-01

• 2007

  • Fluctuation of abundance and Lassa virus prevalence in Mastomys natalensis in Guinea, West Africa.

    • Fichet-Calvet E., Lecompte E., Koivogui L., Soropogui B., Sylla O., Daffis S., Doré A., Kourouma F., Koulémou K. and J. ter Meulen
    • Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Vol. 7, No. 2: 119-128
    • 2007-01-01