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| Title: | Lassa fever: A case report |
| Authors: | Chundusu, C.M.
Isa, S.E.
Jonathan, B.
Datong, P. |
| Keywords: | Jos |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Research Journal of Health Sciences |
| Series/Report no.: | Vol. 3;No. 2; Pp 133-138 |
| Abstract: | Objectif: Severe Lassa fever with high mortality among health care providers is usually a human to human infection that requires high index of suspicion to diagnose. This case report is to describe a peculiar case of Lassa fever among health worker.
Result; A severe form of Lassa fever was diagnosed early in a healthcare provider and patient recovered fully.
Conclusion: Fatality can be greatly reduced if early diagnosis as well as prompt specific
treatment is instituted. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2721 |
| Appears in Collections: | Medicine
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