Increase in Lassa Fever Cases in Nigeria, January–March 2018
Elsie A. Ilori
1, Christina Frank
1, Chioma C. Dan-Nwafor
, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Amrei Krings, Winifred Ukponu, Oboma E. Womi-Eteng, Ayodele Adeyemo, Samuel K. Mutbam, Emmanuel O. Musa, Clement L.P. Lasuba, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Ephraim Ogbaini, Uche Unigwe, Emeka Ogah, Robinson Onoh, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Olufemi Ayodeji, and Chikwe Ihekweazu
Author affiliations: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria (E.A. Ilori, C.C. Dan-Nwafor, O. Ipadeola, W. Ukponu, O.E. Womi-Eteng, C. Ihekweazu); Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany (C. Frank, A. Krings); African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja (C.C. Dan-Nwafor); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja (O. Ipadeola); University of Maryland, Abuja (W. Ukponu); eHealth Africa, Abuja (A. Adeyemo); World Health Organization Abuja Country Office, Abuja (S.K. Mutbam, E.O. Musa, C.L.P. Lasuba, W. Alemu); Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo, Nigeria (S. Okogbenin, E. Ogbaini); F; ederal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Nigeria (U. Unigwe, E. Ogah, R. Onoh); Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Nigeria (C. Abejegah, O. Ayodeji)
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Figure. Weekly trends of confirmed Lassa fever cases, Nigeria, 2016–2018.
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