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    • Lassa Fever:- Rat Poison, Trap Sellers Record High Sales In Abuja

    • Sellers of rat poisons and traps along traffic
      jam and markets in the FCT have reported a
      rise in sales following the outbreak of Lassa
      Fever in 10 states.
      A survey conducted by the News Agency of
      Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja,
      showed that residents of the FCT had
      continued to buy either the rat poisons or
      other traps.
      At Garki, Utako and Wuse Markets, rat
      poison sellers were seen brandishing their
      products and winning the attention of
      eager customers, who before the Lassa
      outbreak never paid attention to the
      products.
      Malam Usman Abdullahi, a rat poison
      seller in the Garki market, told NAN he had
      recorded enormous sales in the past two
      weeks since the outbreak was recorded.
      The demand rose immediately one person
      was reported killed by the fever in Abuja.
      People now patronise us; the most
      expensive rat poisons that go for N600 is
      now sold for N700, but people still buy
      without complaining,” he said.
      Most of the times, customers ask for the
      strongest poison that will kill the rats
      instantly; the poison that kills and dries up
      the rats are really in demand.
      Although the Lassa disease is a bad thing,
      for us it is good business since we are
      making our profit,” he said.
      At another traffic points, hawkers included
      those selling rat poison products to
      customers in the vehicles.
      Mrs Patricia Eloma , a housewife, said that
      people are now paying attention to the
      elimination of rodents around their houses
      since they had become a serious threat.
      There are some very `stubborn’ rats that
      have refused to die, no matter what is
      thrown at them; rats are becoming
      intelligent and seem to be ahead of all the
      tricks.
      They are accustomed to normal poisons, so
      we have to devise other ways or seek
      stronger chemicals to kill them.
      Some jump over traps or ignored the
      poisoned, so we are utilising any new
      product out there to terminate them,’’ she
      said.
      She, however, noted that clean
      environments, professional fumigation and
      consciousness to close doors, would drive
      rodents away.
      NAN recalls that the Minister of Health,
      Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Thursday
      confirmed that a man had died as a result
      of Lassa fever at the National Hospital,
      Abuja.
      The patient, who had travelled from Jos to
      Abuja, was reported to have been brought
      in unconscious from a private hospital in
      Kubwa and died within 24 hours of
      reaching the National Hospital.
      This incident has increased the number of
      deaths recorded since the recent outbreak
      of the disease in August 2015 to 43.
      Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever
      (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever
      caused by the Lassa virus, first discovered
      in 1969 in Lassa town, Borno.
      The primary host of the Lassa virus is the
      natal multimammate mouse (with multiple
      breasts and long tail (mastomys
      natalensis), found in most of sub-Saharan
      Africa.
      The virus is transmitted via contact with
      the faeces or urine of the mouse accessing
      grain stores and residences.
      Symptoms of Lassa fever include high
      fever, nausea, stooling, tiredness, cough,
      stomach pain, constipation, bloody
      vomiting and diarrhoea.

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