Lassa Fever in Makurdi, Nigeria: Outcomes during the 2017/18 Outbreak

Lassa Fever is a Viral Haemorrhagic Fever with yearly outbreaks in various parts of Nigeria over the past decade. The 2017/18 outbreak has been the worst recorded in the country and we wish to report a case series of the four patients managed in Makurdi during the outbreak. All the patients had a history of fever with various symptoms which were suggestive of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever and they received intravenous ribavirin. One out of the four patients managed did not survive giving a case fatality rate of 25%.