Indwara ya Lassa yahitanye abantu 190 muri Nijeriya muri uyu mwaka, ikaba yaranduye abantu barenga 1,100 mu ntara esheshatu. Ibi byatumye Nijeriya ishyiraho ikigo cyita ku gutabara byihutirwa, nyuma y'isuzumabumenyi ry'ikigo gishinzwe kurwanya indwara.
Umuyobozi w'iki kigo yavuze ko kwanduza abantu cyane bibaho hagati y'Ukwakira na Gicurasi, kandi ko mu byumweru bine bishize hagaragaye ubwiyongere bw'imfu n'abarwayi benshi.
Indwara ya hemorhagie ya virusi iterwa n'umuriro wa'indwara ya Lassa, yanduzwa cyane cyane kubantu bahuye basangira ibiryo cyangwa gukoresha bikoresho byo mu rugo byanduye cyangwa se kwegera ahari umwanda nk'inkari z'inkoko cyangwa imyanda muri rusange.
Ibimenyetso birimo umuriro, kubabara umutwe ukabije, kandi mu bihe bikomeye bishoboka kobyanakugeza ku rupfu.
Bitewe n'ubushobozi bw'imbaraga bw'icyorezo ndetse no kubura inkingo zihagije zabavurwa icyi cyorezo cya Lassa, ibyo bituma Lassa ishyirwa mu rwego rw'indwara z'ibanze zishyirwa ku isonga mu ndwara zishobora guhitana abantu benshi ku Isi..
