The making of small but mighty antennas

Abstract

Resistive elements that slowly vary in time enhance the operational bandwidth of small antennas to help overcome their performance limits.

Recurrent Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria: current challenges and the strategies for control

“…Lassa fever has the second-highest global burden among all known viral hemorrhagic fevers 1 . With the first documented case occurring in 1969 in a small town called “Lassa” in Borno State, Nigeria 3 , Lassa fever has become endemic in Nigeria and across several parts of West Africa.…”

“…Furthermore, Lassa fever needs international attention from agencies and bodies of global significance aside from the WHO that will address the outbreaks through a multimedia awareness campaign, strengthen the active surveillance system, and increase investment in research into better tools for timely diagnosis and treatment 8 . Solidarity toward the development of a potent and efficacious vaccine would also go a long way in quelling the hopelessness associated with the current inability to develop any stalwart vaccine candidate 3 .…”