Lassa Fever -- Benin
As the world ramps up its fight against the Zika virus, West Africa is battling to contain a growing outbreak of Lassa fever with 9 people in Benin reported dead. "Right now, there are a total of 20 suspected cases with 9 deaths," government health official Orou Bagou Yorou Chabi said.
The 1st Lassa fever case in the West African country of 10 million people was listed at the Hospital of St Martin de Papane, in Tchaourou, a city 350 km (220 miles) north of Cotonou [Benin's largest city,
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