Another form of Lassa fever? Early neurological symptoms and high mortality reveal differences in two outbreaks in Ebonyi State, Nigeria 2017–2019

• N. Chika-Igwenyi,
• R.E. Harrison,
• U. Unigwe,
• C. Psarra,
• E. Onwe Ogah,
• N. Ajayi,
• R. Onoh,
• C. Ugwu,
• A. Reid

Affiliations

N. Chika-Igwenyi

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Nigeria, Infectious Diseases, Abakaliki, Nigeria; Corresponding author.

R.E. Harrison

Medecins sans Frontieres, London, UK

U. Unigwe

University of Nigeria, Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria

C. Psarra

Medecins sans Frontieres, Operational Research, Brussels, Belgium

E. Onwe Ogah

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Paediatric, Abakaliki, Nigeria

N. Ajayi

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Gastroenterology, Abakaliki, Nigeria

R. Onoh

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Internal Medicine, Abakaliki, Nigeria

C. Ugwu

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Internal Medicine, Abakaliki, Nigeria

A. Reid

Medecins sans Frontieres, Operational Research, Orillia, Canada