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Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria: How prepared are we?
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Despite the discovery of Lassa fever nearly five decades ago, the disease is still endemic in West Africa. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control’s (NCDC) weekly epidemiological report for the first 10 weeks in the year 2018 shows that there were 157 confirmed cases and 56 deaths from Lassa fever outbreak and an upward trend in the case fatality rate in the last three years. This study aims to identify gaps in disease preparedness and propose recommendations in the event of future outbreaks....
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.05.001132
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- Biomedical Research Network Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Results Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-05-23
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2574-1241
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pubs:941095
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uuid:35dfc34d-b937-42ce-9f79-059ab35b8f70
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- pubs:941095
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941095
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- 2018-11-12
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- Biomedical Research Network
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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© 2017 Biomedical Research Network+, LLC. This work is licensed under Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 License
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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