Lassa fever
A medical doctor Samuel Nyityo attached to the World Health Organisation WHO office in Makurdi Benue State has reportedly died of Lassa Fever. Less commonly there may be bleeding from the mouth or gastrointestinal tract.
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Most of those infected do not show symptoms but severe bleeding and organ failure can occur in.
. In some cases Lassa fever has similar symptoms as malaria. Lassa fever also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever LHF is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. The Nation Newspaper Lassa fever scourge.
The disease has been a serious challenge for Nigerias health. Lassa fever an acute viral hemorrhagic disease is transmitted to humans through contact with food household items contaminated by infected rodents or contaminated persons. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa fever.
The health agency in a statement on Saturday said the deaths. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic the Nigeria Center for Disease Control assailed terrified Nigerians with numbing numbers marking how a novel. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has revealed that 40 Nigerians died from Lassa Fever between January 1 to 30 2022.
Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a single-stranded RNA virus known as Lassa virus a member of the Arenaviridae family. Two patients one of whom allegedly ate a rat. Lassa fever is reportedly transmitted when saliva urine and excreta of rats come into contact with humans.
Lassa fever is spread by contact with rat faeces urine or the bodily fluids of an infected person. Lassa fever virus is transmitted by rodents rats which can be found in our environment including homes motor parks offices and even places of worship. When symptoms occur they typically include fever weakness headaches vomiting and muscle pains.
Many of those infected by the virus do not develop symptoms. This contributes largely to the risk of.
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