Outbreak of lassa fever in nigeria: Measures for prevention and control

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mofolorunsho, Kehinde Charles ^a  

^a KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haemorrhagic fever; Lassa virus; Mastomys natalensis; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; LETTER; MASTOMYS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; NIGERIA;

EID: 84969663928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.23.210.8923     Document Type: Letter

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