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Lassa Fever - Nigeria - 2024 outbreak
« on: March 02, 2024, 01:04:48 pm »
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 - 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
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2024, 03:48:56 pm »
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 - https://tr.im/world/nigeria/nigeria-battles-deadly-lassa-fever-outbreak-with-857-cases-156-deaths
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