Wednesday, 24 January 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (03): Benin (AK) ex Nigeria, WHO

Lassa Fever -- Benin
EVENT DESCRIPTION
On [8 Jan 2018], a suspected case of viral haemorrhagic fever was reported from the Tanguiéta-Matéri-Cobly health zone of the Boukoumbé commune in Benin. The index case was a 35 year-old male residing in Nigeria but originally from Nadoba village in Togo, which borders Boukoumbé.
He became ill on [15 Dec 2017] while in Nigeria and travelled to Nadoba to stay with relatives. On [8 Jan 2018] he was admitted in the Saint Jean de Dieu hospital in Tanguiéta in Benin with

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5581805&promed&0

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