Lassa Fever — Nigeria
Since the onset of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria in December 2016, 247 suspected cases have been reported with 73 confirmed cases.
A total of 43 deaths have been recorded so far (37 in confirmed cases and 6 in probable cases). The case fatality rate for all cases is 21.5 percent and for all confirmed/probable cases is 54.4 percent, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
This has prompted the Nigerian House of Representatives to mandate its Committees on Health
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