The first cases of Lassa fever in Ghana

E K Dzotsi; S-A Ohene; F Asiedu-Bekoe; J Amankwa; B Sarkodie; M Adjabeng; A M Thouphique; A Ofei; J Oduro; D Atitogo; J H K Bonney; S C N Paintsil; W Ampofo

The first cases of Lassa fever in Ghana

Ghana Med J. 2012 Sep;46(3):166-70.

Authors

E K Dzotsi¹, S-A Ohene, F Asiedu-Bekoe, J Amankwa, B Sarkodie, M Adjabeng, A M Thouphique, A Ofei, J Oduro, D Atitogo, J H K Bonney, S C N Paintsil, W Ampofo

Affiliation

¹ Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.

PMID: 23661832
PMCID: PMC3645162

Abstract

Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease endemic in West Africa but with no previous case reported in Ghana. We describe the first two laboratory confirmed cases of Lassa fever from the Ashanti Region of Ghana detected in October and December, 2011.

Keywords: Lassa fever; Mastomys; viral haemorrhagic fever.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ghana
Humans
Lassa Fever / diagnosis*
Lassa Fever / transmission
Lassa virus / genetics
Lassa virus / isolation & purification*
Male
Young Adult