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Sensorineural hearing loss in Lassa fever: Two case reports

This resource reports on two female patients aged 19 and 43 years old with clinical features suggestive of Lassa fever and confirmed by immunoserological/Lassa-virus-specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Both patients developed severe sensorineural hearing loss at acute phases of the infections.

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Stigma and the ethics of public health: Not can we but should we

This article examines the burdens which stigmatization can place on those who are already at a social disadvantage more generally across different public health interventions, and the ways in which stigmatization impacts on the human right to dignity and poses a potential threat to public health work.

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