Fatal case of newborn Lassa fever virus infection mimicking late onset neonatal sepsis: a case report from northern Nigeria

• Main Authors: Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle (Author), Surajudeen Oyeleke Bello (Author), Chinwe Immaculata Anderson (Author), Rashida Musa (Author), Rasaq Olaosebikan (Author), Abdulazeez Imam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lassa fever is a zoonotic viral infection endemic to the West Africa countries. It is highly fatal during pregnancy and as such reports of neonatal onset Lassa fever infections are rare in scientific literature. We report a fatal case of Lassa fever in a 26-day-old neonate mimick...