LASSA FEVER IN PREGNANCY WITH A POSITIVE MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOME: A CASE REPORT.

Lassa fever is a rodent-borne zoonosis that clinically manifests as an acute haemorrhagic fever. Surviving Lassa fever during pregnancy is rare. Only few cases have been documented to date. It is treated using ribavirin.We report a case of a 25-year old multigravida at 29weeks gestational age with fever who was initially thought to have malaria in pregnancy. Further changes in her clinical state and laboratory tests led to a confirmation of Lassa fever. She subsequently was delivered of a live male neonate who was RT PCR negative for Lassa fever virus. Her clinical state improved and she made full recovery. Her close contacts showed no evidence of Lassa virus infection.This report adds to the body of literature that individuals may survive Lassa fever during pregnancy with good maternal and fetal outcome.