Lassa Fever: Seven Things You Need To Know About The Deadly Viral Illness

Apart from Ebola, Dengue and some others, Lassa fever is another lethal viral haemorrhagic fevers. It’s predominantly a disease of West Africa that was first discovered in 1969 in a Nigerian town called Lassa where two missionary nurses died from the disease.

Since then, investigation reveals that there have been periodic epidemic outbreaks of the disease in different parts of Nigeria and the West African subcontinent.

According to Nigeria’s minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, the viral illness has killed 40 persons and 86 cases already reported across seven states of Nigeria namely Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Bauchi, Oyo, Niger and Nasarawa.

Sequel to the above, below are facts you need to know as far as Lassa virus is concerned.

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