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Lassa Fever - Nigeria - 2024 outbreak
By: Steve Date: March 2, 2024, 12:04 pm
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SUMMARY - The country of Nigeria is experiencing an outbreak of
Lassa fever. There have been 2,629 people so far this year with
85 deaths. Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus and it is
spread through mice. There is presently no vaccine and the
mortality rate for this virus is 1%. Severe symptoms include
bleeding from the eyes and/or gums, low blood pressure and
vomiting.
NOTE - The topic thread title has been changed to reflect the
shift in nature of the thread. It was originally "Lassa Fever -
Nigeria - 85 dead so far in 2024."
LINK -
HTML https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/01/outbreak-deadly-rat-virus-causes-bleeding-eyes-kills-85-20377963/
HTML https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/01/outbreak-deadly-rat-virus-causes-bleeding-eyes-kills-85-20377963/
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Lassa Fever - Nigeria - 2024 outbreak
By: Steve Date: May 11, 2024, 2:48 pm
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SUMMARY - There has been an update on the Lassa Fever outbreak
in the country of Nigeria. There has now been 156 deaths with
857 infected within the date range of January through April 28,
2024. The states of Ondo, Edo & Bauchi have been hardest hit.
NOTE - It is not known why there is a discrepancy between
numbers of infected between the two articles. The difference is
concerning and warrants further investigation. One possibility
is that many of them were false positives but that is only
speculation.
LINK -
HTML https://tr.im/world/nigeria/nigeria-battles-deadly-lassa-fever-outbreak-with-857-cases-156-deaths
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