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Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016
Akouda Patassi
1, 2
Dadja Landoh
3
Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla
4
Wemboo Halatoko
2, 5
Hamadi Assane
6
Bayaki Saka
1
Mouchedou Naba
7
Issifou Yaya
8
Kossi Edou
9
Tsidi Tamekloe
2, 10
Abiba Banla
2, 5
Kokou Davi
3
Magloire Manga
11
Yao Kassankogno
2
Dominique Salmon-Ceron
12
Akouda Akessiwe Patassi 1, 2
Author
Dadja Essoya Landoh 3
Author
Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla 4
Author
Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko 2, 5
Author
Hamadi Assane 6
Author
Bayaki Saka 1
Author
Mouchedou Abdoukarim Naba 7
Author
Issifou Yaya 8
Author
Kossi Atsissinta Edou 9
Author
Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe 2, 10
Author
Abiba Kere Banla 2, 5
Author
Kokou Mawule Davi 3
Author
1
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sylvanus Olympio [Lomé, Togo] (Lomé - Togo)
5
Institut National d’Hygiene [Togo] (Lomé, Togo - Togo)
8
SESSTIM - U1252 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - UMR 259 IRD - Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale (Faculté de Médecine - Site Timone - 27 Bd Jean Moulin 13385 Marseille Cedex 05. - France)
- IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement : UMR 259 (Siège Le Sextant 44, bd de Dunkerque CS 90009 13572 Marseille cedex 02 - France)
- AMU - Aix Marseille Université (Aix-Marseille Université Jardins du Pharo 58 Boulevard Charles Livon 13284 Marseille cedex 7 - France)
- INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale : U1252 (101, rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris - France)
11
UASZ - Université Assane SECK de Ziguinchor (Diabir, Ziguinchor, B.P. 523 Ziguinchor - Senegal)
12
Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP] (27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques 75014 Paris - France)
Abstract : 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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- HAL Id : inserm-03342934, version 1
- DOI : 10.1155/2017/8242313
- PUBMED : 29391958
- PUBMEDCENTRAL : PMC5748105
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Akouda Patassi, Dadja Landoh, Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla, Wemboo Halatoko, Hamadi Assane, et al.. Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Hindawi, 2017, 2017, pp.8242313. ⟨10.1155/2017/8242313⟩. ⟨inserm-03342934⟩
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