It was the first Lassa fever case in the USA for 15 years. OUTBREAK; Search for victims as man with the world's deadliest virus, Lassa Fever, flies to Britain After tests he was diagnosed with the rare Lassa fever. British aid man fighting deadly fever Both the Bolivian and Argentinian hemorrhagic diseases resemble Lassa fever but involve additional neurological complications.
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FEVER ALERT; EXCLUSIVE Fears for student with deadly Lassa symptoms Dr Francis pressed for an official investigation and was finally vindicated when a coroner concluded heatstroke, not Lassa, was to blame for the tragedy.
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Lassa virus infections can only be diagnosed definitively in the laboratory using the following tests: 1  reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. 2  antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) 3  antigen detection tests. 4  virus isolation by cell culture.
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There has never been person-to-person transmission of Lassa fever documented in the United States.
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Symptoms of Lassa fever . The incubation period of Lassa fever ranges from 6–21 days. The onset of the disease, when it is symptomatic, is usually gradual, starting with fever, general weakness, and malaise. After a few days, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal pain may follow.
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Lassa virus may also be spread between humans through direct contact with the blood, urine, faeces, or other bodily secretions of a person infected with Lassa fever. There is no epidemiological evidence supporting airborne spread between humans.
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Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease, meaning that humans become infected from contact with infected animals. The animal reservoir, or host, of Lassa virus is a rodent of the genus Mastomys, commonly known as the “multimammate rat.”
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Lassa fever. Key facts. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness of 2-21 days duration that occurs in West Africa. The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.
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Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin (where it was diagnosed for the first time in November 2014), Ghana (diagnosed for the first time in October 2011), Guinea, Liberia, Mali (diagnosed for the first time in February 2009), Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, but probably exists in other West African countries as well.
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The poster abstract Fevers of unknown origin in a cohort of patients presenting to Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone, suspected of Lassa fever infection was presented by lead author and Corgenix Medical Program Director of Infectious Diseases Matt Boisen.
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Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease, meaning that humans become infected from contact with infected animals.