Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (23): Nigeria (KT, KD)
PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (23): Nigeria (KT, KD)
Lassa Fever -- NigeriaA middle-aged man (name withheld) has tested positive to Lassa fever in Katsina [city, Katsina state] following contact with the corpse of his brother who died from the disease in Kaduna [city in Kaduna state].The samples of the man and 7 others who participated in the burial rites were taken and his turned out positive. He is currently quarantined at the National Obstetric Fistula Centre at Babbar Ruga [in Katsina].The state Commissioner of Health, Mariyatu Bala Usman, who Read more [...]
