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Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019
Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633 cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554 laboratory-confirmed cases including 124 deaths were reported in 21 states in Nigeria. A public health emergency was declared on 22 January by the Nigeria...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31115314 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.20.1900272 |
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| author | Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. Furuse, Yuki Ilori, Elsie A Ipadeola, Oladipupo Akabike, Kachikwulu O Ahumibe, Anthony Ukponu, Winifred Bakare, Lawal Okwor, Tochi J Joseph, Gbenga Mba, Nwando G Akano, Adejoke Olayinka, Adebola T Okoli, Ihekerenma Okea, Rita A Makava, Favour Ugbogulu, Nkem Oladele, Saliu Namara, Geoffrey Muwanguzi, Esther N Naidoo, Dhamari Mutbam, Samuel K Okudo, Ifeanyi Woldetsadik, Solomon F Lasuba, Clement LP Ihekweazu, Chikwe |
| author_facet | Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. Furuse, Yuki Ilori, Elsie A Ipadeola, Oladipupo Akabike, Kachikwulu O Ahumibe, Anthony Ukponu, Winifred Bakare, Lawal Okwor, Tochi J Joseph, Gbenga Mba, Nwando G Akano, Adejoke Olayinka, Adebola T Okoli, Ihekerenma Okea, Rita A Makava, Favour Ugbogulu, Nkem Oladele, Saliu Namara, Geoffrey Muwanguzi, Esther N Naidoo, Dhamari Mutbam, Samuel K Okudo, Ifeanyi Woldetsadik, Solomon F Lasuba, Clement LP Ihekweazu, Chikwe |
| author_sort | Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. |
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| description | Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633 cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554 laboratory-confirmed cases including 124 deaths were reported in 21 states in Nigeria. A public health emergency was declared on 22 January by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. We describe the various outbreak responses that have been implemented, including establishment of emergency thresholds and guidelines for case management. |
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| id | pubmed-6530254 |
| institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) |
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| spelling | pubmed-65302542019-06-10 Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. Furuse, Yuki Ilori, Elsie A Ipadeola, Oladipupo Akabike, Kachikwulu O Ahumibe, Anthony Ukponu, Winifred Bakare, Lawal Okwor, Tochi J Joseph, Gbenga Mba, Nwando G Akano, Adejoke Olayinka, Adebola T Okoli, Ihekerenma Okea, Rita A Makava, Favour Ugbogulu, Nkem Oladele, Saliu Namara, Geoffrey Muwanguzi, Esther N Naidoo, Dhamari Mutbam, Samuel K Okudo, Ifeanyi Woldetsadik, Solomon F Lasuba, Clement LP Ihekweazu, Chikwe Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Lassa fever cases have increased in Nigeria since 2016 with the highest number, 633 cases, reported in 2018. From 1 January to 28 April 2019, 554 laboratory-confirmed cases including 124 deaths were reported in 21 states in Nigeria. A public health emergency was declared on 22 January by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. We describe the various outbreak responses that have been implemented, including establishment of emergency thresholds and guidelines for case management. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6530254/ /pubmed/31115314 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.20.1900272 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2019. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. |
| spellingShingle | Rapid Communication Dan-Nwafor, Chioma C. Furuse, Yuki Ilori, Elsie A Ipadeola, Oladipupo Akabike, Kachikwulu O Ahumibe, Anthony Ukponu, Winifred Bakare, Lawal Okwor, Tochi J Joseph, Gbenga Mba, Nwando G Akano, Adejoke Olayinka, Adebola T Okoli, Ihekerenma Okea, Rita A Makava, Favour Ugbogulu, Nkem Oladele, Saliu Namara, Geoffrey Muwanguzi, Esther N Naidoo, Dhamari Mutbam, Samuel K Okudo, Ifeanyi Woldetsadik, Solomon F Lasuba, Clement LP Ihekweazu, Chikwe Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title | Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title_full | Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title_fullStr | Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title_short | Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019 |
| title_sort | measures to control protracted large lassa fever outbreak in nigeria, 1 january to 28 april 2019 |
| topic | Rapid Communication |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31115314 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.20.1900272 |
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