Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak: 138 deaths since November; WHO calls for early diagnostics

Lassa fever has killed more than 160 people in West Africa, most of them in Nigeria, since November 2015. Many of these lives could have been saved if a rapid diagnostic test were available so that people could receive treatment early. Since November 2015, Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo have reported more than 300 ["]