Lassa Fever - Nigeria Records 784 Confirmed Cases, 142 Deaths in Three Months PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
says in less than three months, the country has registered 784 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 142 deaths across 23 states.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.Other rodents can also be carriers of the virus which spreads through direct contact with the urine, faeces, saliva or blood of infected rats. It said that in Epidemiological Week 11, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 70 in Week 10 of 2023, to 38 cases.
NCDC said that cumulatively from Epidemiological Week 1 to Week 11, 2023, 142 deaths had been reported with a Case Fatality Rate of 18.1 per cent which was lower than the 18.7 per cent CFR for the same period in 2022.
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