Simon Akam

Photography: West Africa

An ecologist extracts a sample of blood from rodent Mastomys Natalensis in the village of Jormu in southeastern Sierra Leone. Mastomys Natalensis carries the virus that causes Lassa viral hemorrhagic fever. REUTERS/Simon Akam (SIERRA LEONE).
8 February 2011
An ecologist extracts a sample of blood from rodent Mastomys Natalensis in the village of Jormu in southeastern Sierra Leone. Mastomys Natalensis carries the virus that causes Lassa viral hemorrhagic fever. REUTERS/Simon Akam (SIERRA LEONE).