Lassa fever and the Nigerian experience: a review

The occurrence, transmission and intervention strategies on the Lassa fever disease in Nigeria are presented. The Lassa virus is an enveloped, single stranded, bi-segmented RNA virus that belong to the Arenaviridae family was first reported in 1969 from Lassa village, Borno State, Nigeria. The prim...

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Main Authors: Samuel Ebiojo Amodu, Stephen Oyedele Fapohunda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TMKarpinski Publisher, Tomasz M. Karpiński 2019-07-01
Series:European Journal of Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/ejbr/article/view/218