From January to October 2023, there were nearly 1,100 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria and 7,600 suspected cases. The number of deaths reached 185.
Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic illness whose presence is known in several West African countries. The virus is particularly present in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria. According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the people affected by the Lassa virus have no symptoms. The transmission to humans occurs by exposure to food or items contaminated with urine or feces of infected rats (Mastomys).
Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. (September 28, 2023). Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. "Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status." Chart. September 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. (2023). Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. "Cumulative Number of Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Cumulative number of Lassa fever cases in Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, by status [Graph], Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, September 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126777/number-of-lassa-fever-cases-in-nigeria/
