Abstract
We report a fatal case of Lassa fever diagnosed in the United States in a Liberian traveler. We describe infection control protocols and public health response. One contact at high risk became symptomatic, but her samples tested negative for Lassa virus; no secondary cases occurred among health care, family, and community contacts.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Contact Tracing / methods*
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Containment of Biohazards / methods*
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Fatal Outcome
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Feces / virology
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Humans
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Lassa Fever / diagnosis*
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Lassa Fever / pathology
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Lassa Fever / virology
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Lassa virus / genetics
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Lassa virus / isolation & purification
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Lassa virus / pathogenicity*
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Liberia
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Murinae / virology
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New Jersey
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Travel*