A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic
Broad Institute
APRIL 25, 2024
Christian Happi Christian Happi However, in other parts of West Africa , Ebola was spreading, infecting nearly 29,000 people and killing more than 11,000 before the outbreak was contained in 2016. Since 2007, they’d been studying Lassa fever, an often deadly illness caused by infection with the Lassa virus, which is endemic in West Africa.
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