Below is a thread of all you need to know about Lassa Fever. 🐁🐀🦠🧬

What is Lassa fever?
Lassa fever is a viral illness that typically occurs in West Africa including Ghana.
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As of 28 February 2023, a total of 14 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever and one death (CFR: 7.0%)

Outbreaks of Lassa Fever are uncommon in Ghana, with the last outbreak occurring in 2012.

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In this #paper , we assessed the syndemic potential of #LassaFever , #COVID -19, and #Cholera by modeling their interactions across the 2021 calendar year - employing a Poisson regression model.
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14 Cases Of Lassa Fever Confirmed In Ghana
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#Lassafever is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread primarily through contact with rodents

Human-to-human spread is possible through contact with body fluids of an infected person

Avoid contact with persons with confirmed or suspected Lassa fever to protect yourselves & loved ones

#Nigeria has registered 105 new confirmed cases of #Lassafever out of 369 suspected cases recorded across the country between January 2 to 15, authorities said Sunday.

Lassa fever is a deadly disease. About 300,000 - 500,000 infections occur every year with a mortality of 5,000…… Anticipate!

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Alarm! #lassafever is an animal born or zoonotic, acute viral illness spread by the common African rat. it is endemic in part of west Africa including Syria loan, Libya Guinea and Nigeria, neighbouring countries are also at risks because the animal vector live throughout

Ghana’s Lassa Fever cases statistics as at 28 February, 2023

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Exceptional presentation “The Need to Focus on Biopreparedness” by ⁦Dr. Syra Madad⁩ at ⁦VHHA⁩. #biopreparedness #ebola #marburg #lassafever #infectionprevention #infectioncontrol

Our weekly #LassaFever situation report provides a summary of the epidemiological situation and response activities in Nigeria.

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This activity aimed to share the learnings from the HCD and discuss risk factors relating to #LassaFever .

Ghana’s Lassa Fever cases as at 28 February, 2023
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#Lassafever is a viral hemorrhagic fever spread through contact with rodents. Human-to-human spread is also possible through contact with the body fluids of an infected person. Always avoid contact with persons with confirmed or suspected Lassa fever to protect yourselves

Can point-of-care ultrasound be a helpful tool in the management of Lassa fever patients? – a 🧵 1/9

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I spoke to LTV on #LassaFever . If you missed it, kindly watch, like and share.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 12 additional cases of Lassa fever in the country.

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Dame Sarah Gilbert on the challenges of vaccine preparedness against various potential viral outbreaks #Nipah #MERS -CoV #LassaFever #GlasgowVirologyWorkshop

How Does Lassa Fever Virus Spread
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