GRAPHICS Tables Case definition of Lassa fever (WHO definition) RELATED TOPICS Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of Ebola virus disease Clinical manifestations of meningococcal infection Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Dengue virus infection: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis Diagnosis of meningococcal infe...
Define Lassa fever. Lassa fever synonyms, Lassa fever pronunciation, Lassa fever translation, English dictionary definition of Lassa fever. n. An acute form of hemorrhagic fever endemic to West Africa that is caused by an arenavirus transmitted by a spec
Conclusion: When the presenting symptoms are non-specific, a high index of suspicion is required for timely recognition of Lassa fever. Early diagnosis is important for prompt therapeutic intervention as well as for limiting the spread of the disease. This is the second case of Lassa fever presen...
The field performance of recombinant antigen-based Lassa fever immunoassays was compared to that of quantitative polymerase chain assays (qPCRs) using samples from subjects meeting the case definition of Lassa fever presenting to Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. The recombinant Lassa virus (...
Ag/IgM assay is found to be highly sensitive and specific for the diagnosis. Treatment with a 10-day course of intravenousribavirinis effective; treatment within the first week of fever onset had a case-fatality rate of 5% compared with >20% if started later. Lassa fever is highly ...
Lassa fever (LF) is prevalent in many West African countries, including Nigeria. Efforts to combat LF have primarily focused on rural areas where interactions between rodents and humans are common. However, recent studies indicate a shift in its occurren
Lassa fever is a rodent-borne zoonosis that clinically manifests as an acute hemorrhagic fever. It is treated using ribavarin. Surviving Lassa fever without receiving the antiviral drug ribavarin is rare. Only few cases have been documented to date.We report a case of a 59-year old female ...
The illness is commonly seen in West Africa, in some of the same countries struck by the recentEbola epidemic. This last confirmed case ofLassa feverseen in a traveler returning to the United States was in Minnesota last year. The one before that was in Pennsylvania in 2010. ...
Lassa fever is a neglected tropical disease with a significant impact on the health care system of endemic West African nations. To date, case reports of Lassa fever have focused on laboratory characterisation of serological, biochemical and molecular as
Lassa fever pilot Outside of this pilot study, the process would be triggered when a decision is taken that there is a need to carry out a RRNA in response to a (re-) emerging outbreak. Depending on the setup, this decision may be taken by a steering group, which can be separate or...