Data for: "Boosting understanding of Lassa Fever virus epidemiology: field testing a novel assay to identify past Lassa Fever virus infection in blood and oral fluids of survivors and unexposed controls in Sierra Leone"

Bower, H, Akpogheneta, O, Kanneh, Z, Jusu, B, Kanneh, L, Alhasan, F, Gbakie, M and Shieffelin, J. 2020. Data for: "Boosting understanding of Lassa Fever virus epidemiology: field testing a novel assay to identify past Lassa Fever virus infection in blood and oral fluids of survivors and unexposed controls in Sierra Leone". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001992.

Bower, H, Akpogheneta, O, Kanneh, Z, Jusu, B, Kanneh, L, Alhasan, F, Gbakie, M and Shieffelin, J. Data for: "Boosting understanding of Lassa Fever virus epidemiology: field testing a novel assay to identify past Lassa Fever virus infection in blood and oral fluids of survivors and unexposed controls in Sierra Leone". [Internet] LSHTM Data Compass. London, United Kingdom: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2020. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001992.

Bower, H, Akpogheneta, O, Kanneh, Z, Jusu, B, Kanneh, L, Alhasan, F, Gbakie, M and Shieffelin, J (2020). Data for: "Boosting understanding of Lassa Fever virus epidemiology: field testing a novel assay to identify past Lassa Fever virus infection in blood and oral fluids of survivors and unexposed controls in Sierra Leone". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001992.

Methods

Description of data capture

Participants were interviewed face to face using a standardised questionnaire after which oral Fluid and blood samples were collected. Samples were analysed in a laboratory in Sierra Leone by study staff.

Data capture method

Questionnaire: Fixed form

Data Collection Period

From	To
May 2019	September 2019

Date (Completed)

15 December 2020

Geographical area covered

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
9.07137	-10.1528	7.05366	-13.3553

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Bower, H, Akpogheneta, O, Kanneh, Z, Jusu, B, Kanneh, L, Alhasan, F, Gbakie, M and Shieffelin, J
Associated roles	Grant, D (Co-Investigator), Tedder, R (Co-Investigator), Dicks, S (Co-Investigator), Ijaz, S (Co-Investigator) and Edem-Hotah, J (Hosting Institution)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Research Group	Uk Public Health Rapid Support Team
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Public Health England, Sierra Leone National Lassa Fever Unit, Kenema General Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Faculty of Nursing, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown