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FEVER ALERT; EXCLUSIVE Fears for student with deadly Lassa symptoms.(News)
; ...hospital displayed symptoms of Lassa fever - one of the world's most dangerous...are specific diagnostic tests for Lassa fever and a combination of seriological...with similar symptoms. However, Lassa fever is a relapsing fever which means...
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U.S., Canadian scientists create Lassa fever vaccine for nonhuman primates.
; ...has developed a vaccine against Lassa fever that protects nonhuman primates...severe hemorrhagic fever in Africa, Lassa fever is a major public health problem...available to halt the spread of Lassa fever, other than rodent control in affected...
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Lassa fever
; ...Distribution: The primary distribution of Lassa fever is West Africa (including Nigeria...especially south of the Sahara desert. Lassa fever is transmitted to humans via ingestion...rate of 15%-25%. Presentation of Lassa fever varies. Common early symptoms are...
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OUTBREAK; Search for victims as man with the world's deadliest virus, Lassa Fever, flies to Britain.(News)
; Byline: SARA NUWAR A CASE of deadly Lassa fever is being treated in Britain after...recently returned from West Africa has Lassa fever virus. The patient was treated...in New Jersey. It was the first Lassa fever case in the USA for 15 years. Lassa...
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Pathogens & People: Lassa fever and the first 'hot zone'
; ...and nearby Virginia, there was Lassa fever, and dead missionaries, and dying...In any case, Mr. Roman died from Lassa fever while Dr. Casals was saved by Ms...K. A quarter of a century after Lassa fever broke out of Africa and the YARU...
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Aid worker with suspected Lassa fever is critical
; ...from West Africa with suspected Lassa fever. The married man, who is in his...typhoid but when he showed signs of Lassa fever he was transferred to Coppetts...he was placed on a ventilator. Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever similar...
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Lassa fever man fights for life; Briton was infected in Africa with rare disease.(News)
; ...highly-infectious tropical disease Lassa fever was critically ill yesterday and...but he was later found to have Lassa fever. The virus is extremely rare in...been estimated that in West Africa Lassa fever can cause as many as 300,000 human...
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Trenton-area man dies of Lassa fever
; ...09-03-2004 Trenton-area man dies of Lassa fever -- Contracted disease in Africa...Trenton-area man died last week of Lassa fever, an acute viral illness that has...disease expert who treated the man. Lassa fever, rare in this country but endemic...
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Lassa Fever Kills Nine in Eastern Sierra Leone
; Nine people died of lassa fever in eastern Sierra Leone between...released by the Health Ministry. A lassa fever research center is based in Guinea...Atlantan Georgia in the United States. Lassa fever is a kind of epidemic caused by...
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Man in city hospital with Lassa fever.(News)
; ...Nigerian doctor, diagnosed with Lassa fever, is being treated at Unitas Hospital...an acute viral illness known as Lassa fever. Professor Dion du Plessis, medical...or staff were therefore at risk. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic...
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