A South African civil engineer has become the third fatal victim of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in northern Sierra Leone, a health ministry official said Thursday.
While the acute viral haemorrhagic fever causes some 5,000 deaths annually in west Africa, according to World Health Organisation figures, it has usually only affected the eastern part of Sierra Leone and the outbreak has sparked fears it may be spreading.
"The death of the South African shows the active infection rate of the Lassa ...
A South African civil engineer has become the third fatal victim of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in northern Sierra Leone, a health ministry official said Thursday.
While the acute viral haemorrhagic fever causes some 5,000 deaths annually in west Africa, according to World Health Organisation figures, it has usually only affected the eastern part of Sierra Leone and the outbreak has sparked fears it may be spreading.
"The death of the South African shows the active infection rate of the Lassa ...