Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016
Background. Lassa fever belongs to the group of potentially fatal hemorrhagic fevers, never reported in Togo. The aim of this paper is to report the first two cases of Lassa fever infection in Togo. Case Presentation. The two first Lassa fever cases occurred in two expatriate’s health professionals...
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| author | Akouda Akessiwe Patassi Dadja Essoya Landoh Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko Hamadi Assane Bayaki Saka Mouchedou Abdoukarim Naba Issifou Yaya Kossi Atsissinta Edou Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe Abiba Kere Banla Kokou Mawule Davi Magloire Manga Yao Kassankogno Dominique Salmon-Ceron |
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| description | Background. Lassa fever belongs to the group of potentially fatal hemorrhagic fevers, never reported in Togo. The aim of this paper is to report the first two cases of Lassa fever infection in Togo. Case Presentation. The two first Lassa fever cases occurred in two expatriate’s health professionals working in Togo for more than two years. The symptoms appeared among two health professionals of a clinic located in Oti district in the north of the country. The absence of clinical improvement after antimalarial treatment and the worsening of clinical symptoms led to the medical evacuation. The delayed diagnosis of the first case led to a fatal outcome. The second case recovered under ribavirin treatment. Conclusion. The emergence of this hemorrhagic fever confirms the existence of Lassa fever virus in Togo. After a period of intensive Ebola virus transmission from 2013 to 2015, this is an additional call for the establishment and enhancement of infection prevention and control measures in the health care setting in West Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-00e59ab2ee4d432ea8b5762fc2d3bb452025-08-20T03:22:33ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/82423138242313Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016Akouda Akessiwe Patassi0Dadja Essoya Landoh1Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla2Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko3Hamadi Assane4Bayaki Saka5Mouchedou Abdoukarim Naba6Issifou Yaya7Kossi Atsissinta Edou8Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe9Abiba Kere Banla10Kokou Mawule Davi11Magloire Manga12Yao Kassankogno13Dominique Salmon-Ceron14Service des Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Lomé, TogoOrganisation Mondiale de la Santé, Lomé, TogoDirection Préfectorale de la santé de Sotouboua, Sotouboua, TogoComité national de lutte contre les Urgences, Lomé, TogoDirection Préfectorale de la santé de Tchamba, Tchamba, TogoService de Dermatologie CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Lomé, TogoDirection Préfectorale de la santé de Doufelgou, Niamtougou, TogoAix Marseille Université, INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, Marseille, FranceDirection Préfectorale de la santé de Oti, Mango, TogoComité national de lutte contre les Urgences, Lomé, TogoComité national de lutte contre les Urgences, Lomé, TogoOrganisation Mondiale de la Santé, Lomé, TogoUniversité de Casamance, Ziguinchor, SenegalComité national de lutte contre les Urgences, Lomé, TogoService de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, FranceBackground. Lassa fever belongs to the group of potentially fatal hemorrhagic fevers, never reported in Togo. The aim of this paper is to report the first two cases of Lassa fever infection in Togo. Case Presentation. The two first Lassa fever cases occurred in two expatriate’s health professionals working in Togo for more than two years. The symptoms appeared among two health professionals of a clinic located in Oti district in the north of the country. The absence of clinical improvement after antimalarial treatment and the worsening of clinical symptoms led to the medical evacuation. The delayed diagnosis of the first case led to a fatal outcome. The second case recovered under ribavirin treatment. Conclusion. The emergence of this hemorrhagic fever confirms the existence of Lassa fever virus in Togo. After a period of intensive Ebola virus transmission from 2013 to 2015, this is an additional call for the establishment and enhancement of infection prevention and control measures in the health care setting in West Africa.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8242313 |
| spellingShingle | Akouda Akessiwe Patassi Dadja Essoya Landoh Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko Hamadi Assane Bayaki Saka Mouchedou Abdoukarim Naba Issifou Yaya Kossi Atsissinta Edou Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe Abiba Kere Banla Kokou Mawule Davi Magloire Manga Yao Kassankogno Dominique Salmon-Ceron Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 |
| title_full | Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 |
| title_short | Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016 |
| title_sort | emergence of lassa fever disease in northern togo report of two cases in oti district in 2016 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8242313 |
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