A DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM FOR LASSA FEVER AND RELATED AILMENTS USING FUZZY LOGIC

Abstract

Lassa fever is a pandemic hemorrhagic fever brought about by the Lassa virus, a greatly destructive virus. This deadly disease kills 10% to half of its casualties, yet the individuals who survive it in early stages normally recoup and gain resistance to auxiliary assaults. One of the real difficulties in giving proper treatment is lack of fast and accurate diagnosis of the disease because of variety of symptoms related with the infection, which could be similar to other clinical conditions and makes it difficult for early diagnosis of the disease. Thus, this research work developed a diagnosis system for Lassa fever and related ailments using fuzzy logic. The system was designed and implemented using MATLAB R2013a version. The new diagnosis system allows users to select symptoms from the symptoms interface page that display when the application is launched. Results of this project was tested and found to be efficient in handling Lassa fever diagnosis. It is therefore recommended that it should be adopted in hospitals and health care centres especially in developing nations.