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]. 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.
Description
Quantitative dataset and study tools that underpin the development and validation of a novel Double Antigen Binding Assay identifying anti-Lassa Fever Virus IgG antibodies for the investigation of past infection with Lassa Fever Virus in plasma and oral fluid. Study tools include protocol, questionnaire, consent forms, laboratory information for users, and other details.
Keywords
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. | ||||||||
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Data capture method | Questionnaire: Fixed form | ||||||||
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Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository) | 15 December 2020 | ||||||||
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Language(s) of written materials | English |
Data Creators | Bower, H, Akpogheneta, O, Kanneh, Z, Jusu, B, Kanneh, L, Alhasan, F, Gbakie, M and Shieffelin, J |
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Associated roles | Grant, D (Co-Investigator), Tedder, R (Co-Investigator), Dicks, S (Co-Investigator), Ijaz, S (Co-Investigator) and Edem-Hotah, J (Co-Investigator) |
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 |
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Date Deposited | 16 Dec 2020 16:51 |
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Last Modified | 16 Mar 2021 17:16 |
Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
Downloads
Data / Code
Restricted to: Request access for all
Filename: LOFA_dataset.csv
Description: Lassa Fever Oral Fluid ELISA Assay dataset - consult codebook for information
Licence: Data Sharing Agreement
Content type: Dataset
File size: 53B
Mime-Type: text/plain
Documentation
Filename: LOFA_dataset_codebook.html
Description: Codebook for LOFA dataset
Content type: Textual content
File size: 8kB
Mime-Type: text/html
Filename: LOFA_dataset_userguide.html
Description: User guide for data collection
Content type: Textual content
File size: 6kB
Mime-Type: text/html
Filename: Consent-Assent_Form_v2.pdf
Description: Participant consent – ascent form
Content type: Textual content
File size: 292kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: Lassa_Oral_Fluid_InfoSheet-LF_survivor.pdf
Description: Lassa Virus Survivor Participant Information Sheet
Content type: Textual content
File size: 153kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: Lassa_Oral_Fluid_InfoSheet-unexposed.pdf
Description: Lassa Virus Control Participant Information Sheet
Content type: Textual content
File size: 152kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Filename: Lassa_Field_Validation_Study_Protocol.pdf
Description: LASSA Field Validation Study Protocol (February 2019)
Content type: Textual content
File size: 470kB
Mime-Type: application/pdf
Study Instrument
Filename: Oral_fluid_questionnaires.docx
Description: Eligibility check and questionnaire for survivor and control participants (MS Word format)
Content type: Textual content
File size: 38kB
Mime-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document