Ouick fact about Lassa fever

•It is animal borne, carried by multimammate rat.   •Human to human transmission is carried by body fluids.
•Ribravin, an antiviral drug is the only drug and must be administered early.                                                  •Symptoms include bleeding from the nose and mouth, headache, vomiting etc

The deadly fever has recorded over 76 deaths from 200 reported cases in 17 states in Nigeria.