Trends in Lassa Fever Outbreak in Plateau State Nigeria
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Lassa Fever, Nigeria, 2005–2008
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The patient was successfully extubated. He was transferred to a pneumology ward on day 9 and discharged on day 15. Antimicrobial treatment was stopped on day 10. Most nonhuman strains of V. metschnikovii are usually found in aquatic habitats (e.g., lakes and marine waters). Human clinical infections with this bacterium are rare; however, cases of epidemic diarrhea caused by V. metschnikovii hav...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2593-8339
DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.2.757