{"id":7900,"date":"2022-02-15T22:27:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7900"},"modified":"2022-02-15T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:57:25","slug":"what-is-lassa-fever","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/what-is-lassa-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Lassa Fever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"concerns-have-been-raised-as-a-result-of-the-discovery-of-a-new-virus\"><strong>Concerns have been raised as a result of the discovery of a new virus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-02-15T22:27:14+05:30\">15th February 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>On February 11, one of the three people diagnosed with Lassa fever in the UK died. Travel to West African countries has been linked to the cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The virus that causes Lassa fever was discovered in 1969 in Lassa, Nigeria.&nbsp;<strong>The fever is primarily found in West African countries<\/strong>&nbsp;such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Nigeria, where it is endemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n><strong>It can also spread, though rarely<\/strong>&nbsp;if a person contacts an infected person&#8217;s bodily fluids or mucous membranes such as the eyes, nose, or mouth. In healthcare settings, person-to-person transmission is more common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Symptoms usually appear 1 to 3 weeks after exposure. Mild symptoms include a slight fever, fatigue, weakness, and headache, while severe symptoms include bleeding, difficulty breathing, vomiting, facial swelling, pain in the chest, back, and abdomen, and shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n><strong>According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, approximately 80% of cases are asymptomatic and thus go undiagnosed. An estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Lassa fever infections occur each year, with about 5,000 deaths.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/lassa-fever-causes-concern-in-the-uk-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-acute-viral-illness-10377721.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">firstpost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns have been raised as a result of the discovery of a new virus On&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,436,426],"class_list":["post-7900","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-february-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Lassa Fever? 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