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PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (40): Nigeria (OG)

Lassa Fever -- NigeriaFour months after Ogun State Government declared the state is Lassa fever-free, the viral disease, known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) has killed an assistant nursing officer, and a mortuary attendant, whose identity could not be ascertained as at the time of writing this report.[The nurse] was said to have attended to a suspected Lassa fever patient, while the morgue attendant handled the corpse.Worried about the successive death of the duo, the hospital management commissioned Read more [...]