Imported Lassa Fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Lassa Fever
  • Lassa Virus
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(10):1598-1600.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Liberia ; Pennsylvania
• Location:
  Africa ; North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7962/cdc_7962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 142.87 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c2454ea8e2ad9a5106e483afb48cab8024706e63e9438e7b855da2e1aae4295d