Lassa fever
Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness. Lassa Fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus.
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The causative agent is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid RNA virus in.
. People usually become infected with Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats. According to the US. In its latest advisory and situation report it said Lassa fever initially presents like any other febrile disease such as malaria.
The reservoir or host of Lassa virus is a rodent known as the multimammate rat Mastomys natalensis. The Oyo State government has confirmed the death of two people with many hospitalised at the State General Hospital following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Lassa fever is a severe viral hemorrhagic disease that was first reported in 1969 in an American missionary nurse who worked in Lassa town in Borno State of Nigeria.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximately 10-16 of. Lassa fever killed 40 infected four health workers in January NCDC. It is endemic in parts of West Africa including Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea and Nigeria.
Most of those infected do not show symptoms but severe bleeding and organ failure can occur in about a fifth of cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC was established. Following the death the state government has ordered mandatory testing for.
Lassa fever is an animal-borne or zoonotic acute viral illness. The overall case-fatality rate is 1. According to the World Health Organisation WHO around 80.
Early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatment. Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin Ghana Guinea Liberia Mali Sierra Leone and Nigeria but probably exists in other West African countries as well. An update of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria for Week 613566758.
However Omololu who is a. The disease was first. At the top of the list was Lassa fever which is primarily spread by rats in parts of West Africa.
Plot 801 Ebitu Ukiwe Street Jabi Abuja Nigeria. In a follow-up on the Lassa fever situation in Nigeria in January 2022 the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has activated the. Lassa fever is spread by contact with rat faeces or urine or the bodily fluids of an infected person.
Lassa fever has killed a medical doctor in Benue State as the government has confirmed four new cases of the disease. Due to a lack of proper surveillance however the numbers could actually be higher. Court orders unfreezing of Benue accounts.
TmeNCDCgov Telegram Subscribe to Newsletter. Observed case-fatality rate among patients hospitalized with severe cases of Lassa fever is 15. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic excessive bleeding illness that is transmitted to humans through contact with food household items contaminated by infected rodents or.
The Commissioner for Health Dr. The virus takes its name from the town of Lassa. The virus is carried in multimammate rats the common soft-furred African rat which female has two rows of breasts.
Cases of Lassa fever infection have been reported in Edo Delta Taraba Ebonyi Ondo Benue Bauchi Plateau Kaduna Enugu Nasarawa and Kogi states among others. The rat normally lives in the bush and visits nearby homes for food. 6232 Toll-Free Call Centre email protected Social Media NCDCgov NCDCgov.
It includes a. Of those approximately 5000 people die. Lassa is estimated to infect 100000 to 300000 people each year.
Lassa Fever is an acute viral illness and a viral hemorrhagic fever VHF. Infection numbers in Nigeria typically climb around the start of the year a phenomenon that is linked to the dry season. Lassa fever is a haemorrhagic viral illness caused by contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.
Why Lassa fever can be contracted through sexual intercourse. Neighboring countries are also at risk as the animal vector for Lassa virus the multimammate rat. Bode Ladipo made this known in a statement issued on Monday January 17 and made available to journalists in Ibadan stating that the state government is.
Once infected this rodent is able to excrete virus in urine for an extended time period maybe for the rest of its life.
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