Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, Nigeria.
Department of Microbiology, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria.
J Clin Virol. 2020 Jul;128:104434. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104434. Epub 2020 May 13.
With the COVID-19 officially declared a pandemic, Nigeria alongside other countries is directing all its resources and manpower to contain this pandemic. However, the existence of Lassa fever (LF), a more severe, zoonotic, endemic and viral haemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus with higher case fatality ratio (CFR) rages on across Nigeria while receiving little or no public health attention. The simultaneously increasing cases of COVID-19 and LF across Nigeria would be catastrophic unless infection prevention and control measures toward both LF and COVID-19 outbreaks are considered alongside.
随着 COVID-19 正式宣布为大流行，尼日利亚与其他国家一起，正在投入所有资源和人力来控制这一大流行。然而，拉沙热（LF）在尼日利亚仍然存在，它是一种更严重的、人畜共患的、地方性的、病毒性出血热，由拉沙病毒引起，病死率（CFR）更高，但几乎没有得到公共卫生关注。除非同时考虑到对 LF 和 COVID-19 暴发的感染预防和控制措施，否则尼日利亚 COVID-19 和 LF 病例的同时增加将是灾难性的。
