Lassa Virus

capital of Tibet Virus The Lassa virus is a thoroughgoing(a) virus with a high mortality rate and an overpriced cure. Lassa was strange to me because I have never hear of the virus before. As I was reading in my research, I began to realize the risk the virus has on people. Lassa was start-off discovered, in humans, in a village in blue Nigeria (Andrechek). Lassa outbreaks have been reported in Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone and Zaire, which ar all countries in West Africa (Andrechek). There have been reports of the Lassa virus out side of West Africa but those were in health care workers who had previously worked in that area.

There is an compute of 200,000 to 400,000 cases of Lassa Fever annually, thousands fatal (Andrechek). The mortality among hospital cases is 15%, but if un enured is 60%. The way the Virus is treated is with Ribavirin for ten days. If the infected person procures treatment inside six days his mortality rate drops to 5% to 9% in medium to high risk group. If the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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