Lassa Fever in Makurdi, Nigeria: Outcomes during the 2017/18 Outbreak
Patrick Ojojarumi Echekwube, Oladotun Ayoola Abidakun
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 1–5 · Published 16 Jan 2019
10.9734/JAMMR/2018/46384Abstract
Lassa Fever is a Viral Haemorrhagic Fever with yearly outbreaks in various parts of Nigeria over the past decade. The 2017/18 outbreak has been the worst recorded in the country and we wish to report a case series of the four patients managed in Makurdi during the outbreak. All the patients had a history of fever with various symptoms which were suggestive of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever and they received intravenous ribavirin. One out of the four patients managed did not survive giving a case fatality rate of 25%.
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