AUO Sensitises University Community on Lassa Fever
Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, belonging to the Ebola fever family, is caused by Lassa virus through rats. According to recent reports, about 300,000 cases are reported yearly with about 5000 death. In Ondo State, Nigeria, alone, there have been 90 confirmed cases in January alone at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo. […]