Decade since Ebola, Sierra Leone fights another deadly fever
The 62-year-old belongs to a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.
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James Koninga (C), head of the ecology team at the Kenema Government Hospital exits a house after checking on a rat trap in Mapuma village outside Kenema on June 12, 2024. (AFP)
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Kenema, Sierra Leone | AFP
Rummaging in the darkness of a tiny mud and thatch home in eastern Sierra Leone, ecologist James Koninga plucks a