Lassa fever virus

Mastomys rodents shed the virus in urine and droppings and direct contact with these materials through touching soiled objects eating contaminated food or exposure to open cuts or sores can lead to infection. The virus takes its name from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969.

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CASES of Lassa Fever have been found in the UK after a family travelled to West Africa.

. England records two cases of Ebola-like virus that can cause vaginal bleeding and comas among family returning from West Africa. Nigeria Africas most populous nation of some 210 million people is also battling with Covid-19 which has so far infected 252753 people and. Mild symptoms include slight fever general malaise and weakness and headache.

The Commissioner for Health Dr. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a single-stranded RNA virus known as Lassa virus a member of the Arenaviridae family. Cases of Lassa fever infection have been reported in Edo Delta Taraba Ebonyi Ondo Benue Bauchi Plateau Kaduna Enugu Nasarawa and Kogi states among others.

Two people from the East of England caught the disease with a third person being monitored by health chiefs. For the majority of Lassa fever virus infections approximately 80 symptoms are mild and are undiagnosed. The animal reservoir or host of Lassa virus is a rodent of the genus Mastomys commonly known as the multimammate rat Mastomys rats infected with Lassa virus do not become ill but they can shed the virus in their urine and faeces.

Transmission of Lassa virus to humans occurs most commonly through ingestion or inhalation. The Oyo State government has confirmed the death of two people with many hospitalised at the State General Hospital following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Not now Lassa fever.

The virus is carried in multimammate rats the common soft-furred African rat which female has two rows of breasts. Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease meaning that humans become infected from contact with infected animals. Nigeria records 32 deaths in three weeks The confirmed cases NCDC noted are reported by Ondo Bauchi Edo Oyo Ebonyi Benue Katsina Kaduna and.

The rat normally lives in the bush and visits nearby homes for food. Signs and symptoms of Lassa fever typically occur 1-3 weeks after the patient comes into contact with the virus. Bode Ladipo made this known in a statement issued on Monday January 17 and made available to journalists in Ibadan stating that the state government is.

Nigeria has set up an emergency response centre to contain rising cases of Lassa fever after 26 people were killed in the past three weeks. Lassa fever is a haemorrhagic viral illness caused by contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.

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