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Urgent Guinea: a case of Lassa fever reported in Yomou ...
NZEREKORE-We just found out! A case of Lassa fever has just been declared in a forest region, hit by an Ebola epidemic whose epicenter is in N'Z?r?kor?, Africaguinee.com learned from health sources.
A woman tested positive for lassa hemorrhagic fever in Yomou Prefecture. Thirty contacts have been identified. They are being followed when patient zero is said to have already died, we learned.
Lassa fever is a lightning haemorrhagic fever caused by an arenavirus called Lassa virus, similar to Ebola virus disease. In 2020, it had killed more than 100 people in Nigeria, especially in the city of Lagos.
The contagious disease arises as the 42-day countdown to declare the end of the Ebola epidemic is underway.
We will come back to that!
A dispatch from Siddy Koudara Diallo
For Africaguinee.com
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