In 1969, two missionary nurses in the remote village of Lassa, in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, were stricken by a mysterious febrile disease, later on diagnosed as #LassaFever.
"But at 17.9%, the overall Lassa fever fatality rate in Nigeria “is still unacceptably high,” Adetifa says. “We want to bring it to the single digits.”
Long neglected, Lassa fever is surging in West Africa. Researchers want to know why
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"But at 17.9%, the overall Lassa fever fatality rate in Nigeria “is still unacceptably high,” Adetifa says. “We want to bring it to the single digits.”
Long neglected, Lassa fever is surging in West Africa. Researchers want to know why
📜Read https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-viral-illness-exploding-west-africa-researchers-are-scrambling-figure-out-why
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A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Lassa fever, a rodent-borne disease long neglected by research, is killing thousands every year