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Lassa: The small town with the mark of death

Patrick Ashinze Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria   Community education material for Lassa fever. US Centers for Disease Control. Via Wikimedia. Little has been written about Lassa, a small town plagued by terrorism in northeastern Nigeria. No one has published even a cursory description of its topography or demography, its markets, schools, infrastructure, or the people […]