Lassa fever outbreaks in Nigeria

George O Akpede; Danny A Asogun; Silvanus A Okogbenin; Peter O Okokhere

doi:10.1080/14787210.2018.1512856

Lassa fever outbreaks in Nigeria

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2018 Sep;16(9):663-666. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1512856. Epub 2018 Aug 24.

Authors

George O Akpede^{1

2}, Danny A Asogun^{1

2}, Silvanus A Okogbenin^{1

2}, Peter O Okokhere^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Departments of Paediatrics (GOA), Public Health (DAA), Obstertrics and Gynaecology (SAO) and Internal Medicine (POO), Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine , Ambrose Alli University , Ekpoma , Nigeria.
² b Departments of Paediatrics (GOA), Public Health (DAA), Obstertrics and Gynaecology (SAO), Internal Medicine (POO), and Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control (GOA, DAA, SAO, POO) , Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital , Irrua , Nigeria.

PMID: 30111178
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1512856

No abstract available

Keywords: Case management capacity; Lassa fever, Nigeria; dedicated surveillance and treatment centers; progress in control; trends of the outbreaks.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Lassa Fever / epidemiology*
Nigeria / epidemiology