Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016.

Akouda Akessiwe PatassiDadja Essoya LandohAgballa Mebiny-Essoh TchallaWemboo Afiwa HalatokoHamadi AssaneBayaki SakaMouchedou Abdoukarim NabaIssifou YayaKossi Atsissinta EdouTsidi Agbeko TamekloeAbiba Kere BanlaKokou Mawule DaviMagloire MangaYao KassankognoDominique Salmon-Ceron

Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2017)

The emergence of this hemorrhagic fever confirms the existence of Lassa fever virus in Togo. After a period of intensive Ebola virus transmission from 2013 to 2015, this is an additional call for the establishment and enhancement of infection prevention and control measures in the health care setting in West Africa.

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