PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (25): WHO Nigeria

Lassa Fever — Nigeria
[The 1st section of this report is a verbatim copy of the 15 Apr 2018 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Situation Report posted by ProMED-mail on 17 Apr 2017 (see Lassa fever – West Africa (24): Nigeria http://promedmail.org/post/20180417.5753166) and will not be repeated here. – Mod.TY]
From the beginning of the outbreak in January 2018 to the week ending 18 Feb [2018], the number of weekly reported Lassa fever cases increased from 10 to 70 cases. From late-February to early March [2018],