Types And Causes Of Communicable Diseases: A Case Study Of Lassa Fever Among The Primary School Pupils In Oredo Local Government Area Of Edo State

TYPES AND CAUSES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:A CASE STUDY OF LASSA FEVER AMONG THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATEABSTRACTLassa fever is endemic in west Africa, where it probably kills several thousand people each year. With access to the region improving, the opportunity, and the need, to improve our understanding of this disease are increasing. Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever transmitted by rats. It has been known since the 1950s, but the virus was not identified until 1969, when two  missionary nurses died from it in the town of Lassa in Nigeria…