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PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (08): Guinea (MM)

Lassa Fever -- GuineaGuinea's government has reported one case of a 35-year-old man with Lassa fever in the central town of Mamou, some 260-kilometers [162 mi] from the country's capital of Conakry.An investigative mission will be deployed to the region to support health authorities, the government said on [Sat 2 Feb 2019] in statement posted on the website of the National Health Security Agency. No other Lassa fever cases were reported.Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness, transmitted Read more [...]