Lassa fever virus

This is the first time the disease has been found in Britain in more than a decade. UK detects two cases of Ebola-like virus that can cause vaginal bleeding and deafness.

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Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated by rodents infected with the Lassa fever virus.

. Person-to-person transmission can also occur particularly in a hospital environment with inadequate infection control measures. The six species of Ebola virus are the only other known members of the filovirus family. Marburg virus was first recognized in 1967 when.

The agency while urging Nigerians to keep their environment clean to prevent Lassa fever also explained that the virus is spread through contact with the body fluids of infected persons. Oyo State government has called on all residents of the state to remain calm over the reported cases of the Lassa fever in Iwajowa local government area. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated by rodents infected with Lassa fever virus.

Marburg virus disease MVD is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever which affects both people and non-human primates. Like several other countries in West Africa the disease. MVD is caused by the Marburg virus a genetically unique zoonotic or animal-borne RNA virus of the filovirus family.

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