Nigeria: Lassa fever kills 149 since August
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#1F9HY)
Between August 2015 and 17 May 2016, WHO has been notified of 273 cases of Lassa fever, including 149 deaths in Nigeria. Of these, 165 cases and 89 deaths have been confirmed through laboratory testing (CFR: 53.9%). The cases were reported from 23 states in Nigeria. Since August 2015, ten health care workers (HCW) have ["]
