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PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (13): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- NigeriaNigerian health officials reported 68 new confirmed Lassa fever cases during the past week from 7 states: Edo (35 cases), Ondo (19), Bauchi (1), Ebonyi (7), Anambra (4), Imo (1) and FCT (1) [Federal Capital Territory] with 4 new deaths in confirmed cases from 2 states: Ondo (2), and Bauchi (2).From [Mon 1 Jan - Sun 18 Feb 2018], a total of 913 suspected cases, and 73 deaths have been reported from 17 active States (Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Anambra, Benue, Kogi, Imo, Read more [...]