Abstract
Lassa Fever, Nigeria, 2005–2008
Highlights
To the Editor: Lassa fever affects ≈100,000 persons per year in West Africa [1]
Confirmatory testing, sequencing, and virus isolation were performed at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany
Primary testing was done by reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) that targeted the glycoprotein (GP) gene [5,6]
Summary
To the Editor: Lassa fever affects ≈100,000 persons per year in West Africa [1]. The disease is caused by Lassa virus, an arenavirus, and is associated with bleeding and organ failure. In 2003 and 2004, we conducted a hospital-based survey in Irrua, which demonstrated ongoing transmission of the virus in Edo State, Nigeria [4]. Public health officials or hospital staff reported suspected cases. Confirmatory testing, sequencing, and virus isolation were performed at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany.
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