facts about lassa fever: do u know that the disease is so named after a town called lassa in borno state where it was first discovered? do you know that diz is a zoonotic infection? do u know it presents wit an acute hemorrhagic fever? do u know that the vector is a multimammate rat(mastomys natalensis)? do u know diz disease is endemic in west Africa with Nigeria contributing about 30% of infections second only to Guinea and sierra Leone? do u know dt man is affected when he comes across the excreta of this vector either thr d gastrointestinal tract or inhalation of the aerosolized particle... body fluid exchange or contact wit excreta of d affected? do u know that d chances of survival from diz diseases ranges from 20 to 90%? do u know dt d best method of treatment is by isolating d patient; minimize contact wit body fluid and excreta and starting d patient on Ribavirin? do u know also that health care personnel are at a greater risk of being infected with diz dangerous virus? do u know dt lassa virus is related to Ebola virus belonging to the same arenaviridae family? do u know DT there is an outbreak of this virus in federal teaching hospital abakiliki? do u know some doctors, nurses and health care workers have been affected? and are now isolated? do u know there is no virology centre in the south east Nigeria? hmmmmmmh do u know I may not b going to postings today.......#lassa fever holidays...#
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 09:42:46 +0000
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