Lassa fever: A case report
Keywords:
Lassa fever, JosAbstract
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.
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