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. 2021 Oct 1;12:5759. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25910-y

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Fig. 2 — Maps show, on the natural log scale, the total reported Lassa fever cases (suspected and confirmed; top row) and laboratory-confirmed cases only (bottom row) in each local government authority during the specified year(s). Triangles in the top row show the locations of laboratories with Lassa fever diagnostic capacity. Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (Edo, established 2008; inset box, pale blue) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (Lagos, southwest; black) were both operational since before 2012. Three further laboratories became operational during the study period: Abuja National Reference Laboratory in 2017 (FCT Abuja, north-central; dark blue), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki in 2018 (Ebonyi, southeast; green), and Federal Medical Centre Owo in 2019 (Ondo, south, purple).