Nasarawa Commissioner confirms one dead from lassa fever
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Published: January 10,2014
Link to 2013 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=198199
Link to Nigerian Epidemiological Reports: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=200185
One person died from lassa fever in Nasarawa State.
The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Akabe, on Thursday confirmed that there is an outbreak of Lassa fever in Lafia, which has so far claimed the life of one person.
Mr. Akabe, who confirmed the death of the victim in an interview in Lafia, said the victim died on Tuesday at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital.
He said that the infected person was admitted into the hospital last week with symptoms of severe fever and bleeding.
The commissioner explained that these symptoms prompted the medical personnel to send his blood specimen to the Lassa fever diagnostic centre at Irua in Edo, where he was confirmed positive to lassa infection.
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Premium Times
Published: January 10,2014
Link to 2013 thread: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=198199
Link to Nigerian Epidemiological Reports: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=200185
One person died from lassa fever in Nasarawa State.
The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Akabe, on Thursday confirmed that there is an outbreak of Lassa fever in Lafia, which has so far claimed the life of one person.
Mr. Akabe, who confirmed the death of the victim in an interview in Lafia, said the victim died on Tuesday at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital.
He said that the infected person was admitted into the hospital last week with symptoms of severe fever and bleeding.
The commissioner explained that these symptoms prompted the medical personnel to send his blood specimen to the Lassa fever diagnostic centre at Irua in Edo, where he was confirmed positive to lassa infection.
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