Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2017:2017:8242313.
doi: 10.1155/2017/8242313. Epub 2017 Dec 17.

Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016

Akouda Akessiwe Patassi  1   2 , Dadja Essoya Landoh  3 , Agballa Mebiny-Essoh Tchalla  4 , Wemboo Afiwa Halatoko  2   5 , Hamadi Assane  6 , Bayaki Saka  7 , Mouchedou Abdoukarim Naba  8 , Issifou Yaya  9 , Kossi Atsissinta Edou  10 , Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe  2   11 , Abiba Kere Banla  2   5 , Kokou Mawule Davi  3 , Magloire Manga  12 , Yao Kassankogno  2 , Dominique Salmon-Ceron  13
Affiliations
Case Reports

Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016

Akouda Akessiwe Patassi et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2017.

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.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Geographical location of Oti district where “Hôpital de l'Espérance” is located.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. World Health Organization. WHO Lassa Fever Fact Sheet No. 179. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO; 2000.
    1. Kyei N. N. A., Abilba M. M., Kwawu F. K., et al. Imported Lassa fever: a report of 2 cases in Ghana. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015;15:p. 217. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0956-2. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ogbu O., Ajuluchukwu E., Uneke C. J. Lassa fever in West African sub-region: an overview. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases. 2007;44(1):1–11. - PubMed
    1. Wolff S., Schultze T., Fehling S. K., et al. Genome sequence of Lassa virus isolated from the first domestically acquired case in Germany. Genome Announcements. 2016;4(5):p. e00938-16. doi: 10.1128/genomea.00938-16. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Richmond J. K., Baglole D. J. Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences. BMJ. 2003;327(7426):1271–1275. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1271. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources