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Source: http://awoko.org/2017/02/27/sierra-leone-news-health-alert-lassa-fever-in-kenema-3-deaths/
[h=2]Sierra Leone News: Health alert -Lassa fever in Kenema? 3 deaths[/h] Three people died of Lassa fever in Kenema during the second week of February. Concerns continue to rise about the increase in the number of positive cases of Lassa fever, according to the District Medical Officer, Dr. Mohamed Alex Vandi.
?It is no secret that Lassa fever is endemic in Kenema,? according to Dr. Vandi. ?The disease is in every part of the country with the exception of the Western area.?
The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The virus is named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred.
[h=2]Sierra Leone News: Health alert -Lassa fever in Kenema? 3 deaths[/h] Three people died of Lassa fever in Kenema during the second week of February. Concerns continue to rise about the increase in the number of positive cases of Lassa fever, according to the District Medical Officer, Dr. Mohamed Alex Vandi.
?It is no secret that Lassa fever is endemic in Kenema,? according to Dr. Vandi. ?The disease is in every part of the country with the exception of the Western area.?
The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The virus is named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases occurred.