The case fatality rate (CFR) increased to 19.4 per cent compared to 17.5 per cent during the same period in 2024, reflecting a higher mortality rate.Nigeria has recorded a decrease in Lassa fever ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 70 deaths and 358 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across 10 states since the ...

A study on FUO in Guinea found diverse bacterial and viral infections, frequent misdiagnoses, and high antibiotic resistance, ...

The healthcare worker must be able to maintain high standards of IPC for dreaded infections such as Lassa fever, and other Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers. Dr Ogugua Osi-Ogbu, a consultant physician, said ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern ... the country recorded 17 new deaths and 68 confirmed cases, including infections among healthcare workers. According to the NCDC ...

Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Nigeria. “Person-to-person infections and laboratory transmission can also occur, particularly ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 patients from Guinea who ...

ABUJA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people have died from a Lassa fever outbreak in the Edo state, southern Nigeria, local authorities said Sunday. The state government confirmed 83 cases out of ...