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Lassa virus (LASV), which is commonly found among rodent populations in West African countries such as Sierra Leone and Nigeria, frequently transmits to humans, leading to the development of Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever characterized by a high fatality rate.
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Epidemiological trends of Lassa fever in Nigeria, 2018–2021 [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 BACKGROUND: Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever endemic in Nigeria. Improved surveillance and testing capacity have revealed in an increased number of reported cases and apparent geographic spread of Lassa fever in Nigeria.
Mahmood M Dalhat +2 more
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Lassa Fever
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2017 Lassa virus remains an important cause of illness in West Africa and among the travelers returning from this region with an acute febrile illness. The symptoms of Lassa fever can be nonspecific and mimic those of other endemic infections, especially ...
Vanessa Raabe
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Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2002
This series is based on the Infectious Diseases section of the web site Refugee Health ∼ Immigrant Health, available on the World Wide Web at http://www.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/Refugees.htm. The site was developed through a contract with the Texas Department of Health as part of an ongoing effort to improve the health of refugees and immigrants.
Amy, Roberts, Charles, Kemp
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This series is based on the Infectious Diseases section of the web site Refugee Health ∼ Immigrant Health, available on the World Wide Web at http://www.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/Refugees.htm. The site was developed through a contract with the Texas Department of Health as part of an ongoing effort to improve the health of refugees and immigrants.
Amy, Roberts, Charles, Kemp
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Pathogens, 2020 Lassa virus (LASV), the causative agent of Lassa fever, is estimated to be responsible for up to 300,000 new infections and 5000 deaths each year across Western Africa.
Rachel A Reyna +2 more
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2021
Lassa fever (LF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease primarily concentrated in the tropical savannah regions of Nigeria and the Mano River Union countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. Endemic hotspots within these countries have had recurrent exposure to Lassa virus (LASV) via continual spillover from the host reservoir Mastomys natalensis ...
Antoinette R, Bell-Kareem +1 more
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Lassa fever (LF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease primarily concentrated in the tropical savannah regions of Nigeria and the Mano River Union countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. Endemic hotspots within these countries have had recurrent exposure to Lassa virus (LASV) via continual spillover from the host reservoir Mastomys natalensis ...
Antoinette R, Bell-Kareem +1 more
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1972
Abstract The clinical and histopathological findings (excluding the central nervous system) are described in two patients who died of Lassa fever. The histopathological changes are somewhat similar to those described in Thai and Bolivian haemorrhagic fevers. It is considered that the Lassa virus is yet another cause of “haemorrhagic fever”.
G M, Edington, H A, White
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Abstract The clinical and histopathological findings (excluding the central nervous system) are described in two patients who died of Lassa fever. The histopathological changes are somewhat similar to those described in Thai and Bolivian haemorrhagic fevers. It is considered that the Lassa virus is yet another cause of “haemorrhagic fever”.
G M, Edington, H A, White
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Journal of Infection, 1982
Summary A study was made of fifty febrile children admitted at the children's ward at Nixon Methodist Memorial Hospital, Segbwema, Sierra Leone. Five of these children were shown to have Lassa fever. Their illnesses are described.
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Summary A study was made of fifty febrile children admitted at the children's ward at Nixon Methodist Memorial Hospital, Segbwema, Sierra Leone. Five of these children were shown to have Lassa fever. Their illnesses are described.
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