Tuesday, 17 April 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (23): Liberia, WHO

Lassa Fever -- Liberia
The Lassa fever outbreak is ongoing in Liberia with 25 new suspected cases, including 5 deaths reported since our last bulletin update (Weekly Bulletin 11, 16 Mar 2018). Of these, 2 new confirmed cases were reported in week 12 and week 13 (week ending 1 Apr 2018).
The patient reported in week 12 [week ending 25 Mar 2018] was a 2-year-old female with symptom onset on 22 Mar 2018, who was admitted to hospital in the capital city, Monrovia on 29 Mar 2018 with symptoms of fever, malaise,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5753003&promed&0

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