Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Since the onset of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria in December 2016, 247 suspected cases have been reported with 73 confirmed cases.
A total of 43 deaths have been recorded so far (37 in confirmed cases and 6 in probable cases). The case fatality rate for all cases is 21.5 percent and for all confirmed/probable cases is 54.4 percent, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
This has prompted the Nigerian House of Representatives to mandate its Committees on Health
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2oamKyA
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