%0 Journal Article %1 abejegah2019dilemma %A Abejegah, Chukwuyem %A Osagiede, Emmanuel Friday %A Falana, Darlington Tolutope %A Ayodeji, Oluwafemi Oladele %A Omotoso, Bridget %A Ilesanmi, Stephen Olayinka %A Uhunmwangho, Imariabe Joan %A Osagiede, Ese Tracy %A Ajekweneh, Vivian %A Airefetalor, Ivie Amanda %A Omoregbe, Isaac Newton %A Oaikhena, Omotese Ibhade %A Arogundade, Bosede Elizabeth %D 2019 %J International Journal of Recent Innovations in Medicine and Clinical Research %K Fever %N 1 %P 1-5 %R http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3403211 %T The Dilemma in the Management of an Asymptomatic Patient with Confirmed Lassa Fever Viremia (a Case Report): Implication for Policy Action in the Control of Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance in Nigeria %U https://ijrimcr.com/docs/2019/volume1/issue1/IJRIMCR-01.pdf %V 1 %X Background: Lassa fever is a potentially deadly viral haemorrhagic fever especially if the patient is not seen early enough for treatment. This report aims to present the faced regarding the settlement of the cost of treatment in a positive asymptomatic case. Case report: The case, a 22-year old student, was accidentally found to be positive to the RT-PCR test for Lassa fever though he was asymptomatic. He was then admitted into the isolation ward for ribavirin treatment. Apart from being a student, he had just lost his mother to Lassa fever disease; he partook in the nursing of his late mother while she was ill. Conclusion: The question begging for answer is who should have been responsible for the payment of the bills incurred by this indigent patient considering the public health importance of his admission and treatment?

@article{abejegah2019dilemma, abstract = {Background: Lassa fever is a potentially deadly viral haemorrhagic fever especially if the patient is not seen early enough for treatment. This report aims to present the faced regarding the settlement of the cost of treatment in a positive asymptomatic case. Case report: The case, a 22-year old student, was accidentally found to be positive to the RT-PCR test for Lassa fever though he was asymptomatic. He was then admitted into the isolation ward for ribavirin treatment. Apart from being a student, he had just lost his mother to Lassa fever disease; he partook in the nursing of his late mother while she was ill. Conclusion: The question begging for answer is who should have been responsible for the payment of the bills incurred by this indigent patient considering the public health importance of his admission and treatment?}, added-at = {2019-09-10T07:55:24.000+0200}, author = {Abejegah, Chukwuyem and Osagiede, Emmanuel Friday and Falana, Darlington Tolutope and Ayodeji, Oluwafemi Oladele and Omotoso, Bridget and Ilesanmi, Stephen Olayinka and Uhunmwangho, Imariabe Joan and Osagiede, Ese Tracy and Ajekweneh, Vivian and Airefetalor, Ivie Amanda and Omoregbe, Isaac Newton and Oaikhena, Omotese Ibhade and Arogundade, Bosede Elizabeth}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/201e3a7126c0f669dd1c75aa9798deae4/ijrimcr}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3403211}, interhash = {23cbeefffb5862d0d2d06f59b36076a3}, intrahash = {01e3a7126c0f669dd1c75aa9798deae4}, issn = {2582-1075}, journal = {International Journal of Recent Innovations in Medicine and Clinical Research}, keywords = {Fever}, language = {English}, month = jul, number = 1, pages = {1-5}, timestamp = {2020-02-29T09:43:17.000+0100}, title = {The Dilemma in the Management of an Asymptomatic Patient with Confirmed Lassa Fever Viremia (a Case Report): Implication for Policy Action in the Control of Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance in Nigeria}, url = {https://ijrimcr.com/docs/2019/volume1/issue1/IJRIMCR-01.pdf}, volume = 1, year = 2019 }