Lassa fever amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic in Africa: A rising concern, efforts, challenges, and future recommendations
| Autor: | Rabeet Tariq, Baha Aldeen Abdalaziz Alshareif, Mohamed Yousif Elamin Yousif, Helen Onyeaka, Mohammed Eltahier Abdalla Omer, Rehema Mkamburi Mwazighe, Olivier Uwishema, Alfredo Lorenzo Recio Sablay, Amirsaman Zahabioun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
viruses medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Sierra leone Lassa Fever Virology Environmental health parasitic diseases Pandemic Humans Medicine Lassa virus Lassa fever SARS-CoV-2 Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health COVID-19 virus diseases Outbreak Viral Vaccines Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Africa Western Infectious Diseases Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Infectious disease (medical specialty) Public Health business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Virology. 93:6433-6436 |
| ISSN: | 1096-9071 0146-6615 |
| Popis: | Lassa fever, caused by the Lassa virus of the Arenaviruses family, is a re-emerging public health concern that has led to 300,000 infections and 5000 deaths annually in Africa. Highly prevalent in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria, Côte d'lvoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin, patients infected with the virus can manifest with cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, and vomiting among other symptoms. Coexisting with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its impacts, cases of Lassa fever in the African population have been reported to decrease due to hesitancy in visiting clinics that leads to unreported cases-all contributing to a silent outbreak in West Africa. Thus, to overcome current burdens, gaps, and challenges caused by Lassa fever amidst COVID-19 in Africa, various recommendations for efficient control of transmission, measures for disease containment, and strategies to correct misperceptions were made. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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