Imported Lassa Fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010

We report a case of Lassa fever in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed. The patient recovered with supportive therapy. No secondary cases occurred.

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Autores principales: Amorosa, Valerianna, MacNeil, Adam, McConnell, Ryan, Patel, Ami, Dillon, Katherine E., Hamilton, Keith, Erickson, Bobbie Rae, Campbell, Shelley, Knust, Barbara, Cannon, Deborah, Miller, David, Manning, Craig, Rollin, Pierre E., Nichol, Stuart T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100774
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author Amorosa, Valerianna
MacNeil, Adam
McConnell, Ryan
Patel, Ami
Dillon, Katherine E.
Hamilton, Keith
Erickson, Bobbie Rae
Campbell, Shelley
Knust, Barbara
Cannon, Deborah
Miller, David
Manning, Craig
Rollin, Pierre E.
Nichol, Stuart T.
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MacNeil, Adam
McConnell, Ryan
Patel, Ami
Dillon, Katherine E.
Hamilton, Keith
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Cannon, Deborah
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Rollin, Pierre E.
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spelling pubmed-32944062012-03-08 Imported Lassa Fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010 Amorosa, Valerianna MacNeil, Adam McConnell, Ryan Patel, Ami Dillon, Katherine E. Hamilton, Keith Erickson, Bobbie Rae Campbell, Shelley Knust, Barbara Cannon, Deborah Miller, David Manning, Craig Rollin, Pierre E. Nichol, Stuart T. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of Lassa fever in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed. The patient recovered with supportive therapy. No secondary cases occurred. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3294406/ /pubmed/20875888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100774 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Knust, Barbara
Cannon, Deborah
Miller, David
Manning, Craig
Rollin, Pierre E.
Nichol, Stuart T.
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