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| AFP |
Nigerian health officials
have confirmed a case of Lassa fever in Borno state, in the north-east of the
country.
The
state Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia, told the BBC that a
32-year-old woman who lives in a village near the state capital, Maiduguri, had
been diagnosed with the fever.
He
said she became ill last week and was admitted to a government hospital in
Maiduguri, where a sample of her blood was taken and sent to Lagos for testing.
The sample came back positive, he said.
Lassa
fever was first discovered in Lassa village in southern Borno in 1969. It is an
acute and sometimes fatal disease, usually acquired from infected rats.
You can read more about Lassa fever on the World Health Organization website.
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