Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018

We report the epidemiology of Lassa fever in Bauchi State, a disease-endemic region, in Nigeria. Since 2015, major increases in Lassa fever attack rate and in the case-fatality rate have occurred in this state. A delay in seeking care by a case-patient for >7 days after symptom onset was the majo...

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Autores principales: Abdulkarim, Mohammed A., Babale, Sufiyan M., Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma D., Bamgboye, Eniola A., Bashorun, Adebobola T., Usman, Auwal A., Balogun, Muhammad S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32186504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190678
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author Abdulkarim, Mohammed A.
Babale, Sufiyan M.
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma D.
Bamgboye, Eniola A.
Bashorun, Adebobola T.
Usman, Auwal A.
Balogun, Muhammad S.
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Babale, Sufiyan M.
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma D.
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Usman, Auwal A.
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description We report the epidemiology of Lassa fever in Bauchi State, a disease-endemic region, in Nigeria. Since 2015, major increases in Lassa fever attack rate and in the case-fatality rate have occurred in this state. A delay in seeking care by a case-patient for >7 days after symptom onset was the major predictor of death.
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spelling pubmed-71011162020-04-03 Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018 Abdulkarim, Mohammed A. Babale, Sufiyan M. Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma D. Bamgboye, Eniola A. Bashorun, Adebobola T. Usman, Auwal A. Balogun, Muhammad S. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report the epidemiology of Lassa fever in Bauchi State, a disease-endemic region, in Nigeria. Since 2015, major increases in Lassa fever attack rate and in the case-fatality rate have occurred in this state. A delay in seeking care by a case-patient for >7 days after symptom onset was the major predictor of death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7101116/ /pubmed/32186504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.190678 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Abdulkarim, Mohammed A.
Babale, Sufiyan M.
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma D.
Bamgboye, Eniola A.
Bashorun, Adebobola T.
Usman, Auwal A.
Balogun, Muhammad S.
Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title_full Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title_fullStr Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title_short Epidemiology of Lassa Fever and Factors Associated with Deaths, Bauchi State, Nigeria, 2015–2018
title_sort epidemiology of lassa fever and factors associated with deaths, bauchi state, nigeria, 2015–2018
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32186504
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