Historical Lassa Fever Reports and 30-year Clinical Update

Five cases of Lassa fever have been imported from West Africa to the United States since 1969. We report symptoms of the patient with the second imported case and the symptoms and long-term follow-up on the patient with the third case. Vertigo in this patient has persisted for 30 years.

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Autores principales: Macher, Abe M., Wolfe, Martin S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3374442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.050052
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spelling pubmed-33744422012-06-28 Historical Lassa Fever Reports and 30-year Clinical Update Macher, Abe M. Wolfe, Martin S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Five cases of Lassa fever have been imported from West Africa to the United States since 1969. We report symptoms of the patient with the second imported case and the symptoms and long-term follow-up on the patient with the third case. Vertigo in this patient has persisted for 30 years. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3374442/ /pubmed/16704848 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.050052 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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