Imported Lassa fever case in New Jersey

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  CDCHAN-00210-2004-09-03-ADV-N
  
  On September 2, 2004, results of laboratory testing performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) support a diagnosis of Lassa fever in a 38-year-old man who died in a New Jersey hospital on August 28. The patient had returned to the United States on August 24 after reportedly spending 5 months in Liberia, where Lassa fever is endemic. This is the first report of a travel-related case of Lassa fever in the United States since 1989.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Travel Fatal Outcome Lassa Fever
• Source:
  HAN ; 210
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Advisory
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Western ; New Jersey
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  210
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1a521da8582c283a5811728761bfa531a020fc47a7ff09495d7bd60bb2d9ad97d28bb6be9f5d88f68979c4dc24f661bed6c0e2fd77350f77cf6e02116a4b3940
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25121/cdc_25121_DS1.pdf
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