Article: OUTBREAK; Search for victims as man with the world's deadliest virus, Lassa Fever, flies to Britain.(News)

Article: Mastomys natalensis and Lassa fever, West ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 300,000 cases of Lassa fever annually in endemic ... disjunct regions of West Africa (1). Most arenaviruses ... several coexist in Lassa fever-endemic areas ... restricted distribution of Lassa fever in West Africa (6). In this study ...

Article: Lassa Fever.
Travel Medicine Advisor;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... danger. Sources: Lassa Fever, Imported-USA ... Kingdom: Probable Lassa Fever in Traveler Returning From West Africa. www.promedmail ... Deresinski, MD, FACP Lassa fever, named after the ... recently returning from west Africa. It is caused by ...

Article: New Jersey Man Dies of Rare Lassa Fever
AP Online;  September 3, 2004 ;     577 words ... ... 1989 but is common in West Africa, state health officials ... The man died of Lassa fever, a virus spread by ... 300,000 people get Lassa fever in West Africa each year, Lacy said ... than 20 years ago. Lassa fever can be contracted ...

Article: Nigerian man treated for Lassa fever in S. Africa
Xinhua News Agency;  February 22, 2007 ;     531 words ... ... Rahman. Humans can contract Lassa fever from contact with infected ... secretions of a person with Lassa fever. According to the World Health ... that up to 500 000 cases of Lassa fever are diagnosed in West Africa every year and the fatality ...

Article: Imported Lassa Fever in Germany: Molecular ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... originated from a region in West Africa where Lassa fever has not been reported ... high death rates. Lassa fever is endemic in West Africa and has been reported ... originates from an area of West Africa where Lassa fever has not yet been ...

Article: Historical Lassa fever reports and 30-year clinical ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Five cases of Lassa fever have been imported from West Africa to the United ... Lassa fever is a viral ... endemic in West Africa. In 2004 ... imported cases of Lassa fever had been seen outside West Africa. Five patients ...

Article: Imported Lassa fever--New Jersey, 2004.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... disease is endemic (1). Lassa fever is characterized by fever ... patients hospitalized for Lassa fever die from the illness; however ... in New Jersey died from Lassa fever after returning from travel to West Africa. This report summarizes ...