The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says tests are ongoing in their collaborating laboratories to ascertain the cause of the strange illness in Kogi State.
According to a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja the centre said its Event Based Surveillance (EBS) system on Aug 1 detected the news of a strange illness in Kogi State.
`”In addition to this, we had received a report of a strange illness in Kwara State a week before. Our Surveillance Team immediately contacted the State Epidemiology Teams of both states.
“”Preliminary findings from the states showed that some cases presented with symptoms fit the case definition of Lassa fever.
““However, laboratory test came out negative for Lassa fever and tests are now being carried out for other viral diseases in one of our collaborating laboratories,’’ the statement…
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