Fatal case of newborn Lassa fever virus infection mimicking late onset neonatal sepsis: a case report from northern Nigeria

Fatal case of newborn Lassa fever virus infection mimicking late onset neonatal sepsis: a case report from northern Nigeria

Abstract Background Lassa fever is a zoonotic viral infection endemic to the West Africa countries. It is highly fatal during pregnancy and as such reports of neonatal onset Lassa fever infections are rare in scientific literature. We report a fatal case of Lassa fever in a 26-day-old neonate mimick...

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Main Authors: Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle, Surajudeen Oyeleke Bello, Chinwe Immaculata Anderson, Rashida Musa, Rasaq Olaosebikan, Abdulazeez Imam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Lassa fever
Neonatal sepsis
Newborn
Newborn mortality
Nigeria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-020-00731-1

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