Post by Kaweng on Jan 19, 2016 3:28:08 GMT
A 23 year old student walked into the clinic in Nigeria with symptoms such as headache, high fever, muscular pains and difficulty in swallowing. After careful examination and history taking which includes the patient being exposed to grain stores where her mother sells grain produce, the physician ordered for An ELISA test for antigen and IgM antibodies. The test came back positive with a 92% sensitivity and 94% specificity to the viral hemorrhagic fever. The test also showed the patient had a low white blood cell count, platelet count and an elevated aminotransferase. Immediately she was quarantined and given an aggressive intravenous dose of ribavirin. With adequate fluid retention and blood transfusion, the patient waned off the virus from her system.