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Lassa Fever
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Lassa Fever [Disease/Finding]
, fever lassa
, Fevers, Lassa
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A viral hemorrhagic fever that is caused by the Lassa virus, which is transmitted by contact with infected rodents; it is characterized by fever…
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Arenaviruses, Old World
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral
In Blood
Lassa virus
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Descriptive features of Lassa fever in Bauchi, Northeastern Nigeria - a retrospective review
I. Maigari
,
Y. Jibrin
,
M. S. Umar
,
S. Lawal
,
A. Gandi
Research Journal of Health Sciences
2018
Corpus ID: 81196357
Objective: Nigeria records it largest outbreak of Lassa fever in 2018, with 416 confirmed cases by 22 nd April 2018 affecting 22…
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2017
2017
Knowledge and attitude towards Lassa fever and its prevention among adults in Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos State
Olaitan I. Obe
,
M. Balogun
,
A. Roberts
2017
Corpus ID: 217892695
Background: Lassa fever is an acute viral illness endemic in parts of West Africa such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and…
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2014
2014
Infectious Disease. Genomes reveal start of Ebola outbreak.
G. Vogel
Science
2014
Corpus ID: 206610371
A young woman arrived at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone in late May. She had a high fever and had just suffered a…
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2012
2012
KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE CON TROL MEASURES AMONG PRIMARY CARE WORKERS IN NIGERIA : THE LASSA FEVER
Awunor
,
Abejegah
,
Abah
2012
Corpus ID: 67834183
The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge and practice of Lassa fever control among primary care health…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
[Characterization of contacts of the population of Guinea with synanthropic rodents as Lassa fever virus carriers].
A. Inapogui
,
O. K. Konstantinov
,
V. N. Lapshov
,
S. Comara
Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye…
2007
Corpus ID: 44685640
Questionnaire surveys made in 17 villages from 3 ecological zones of Guinea have provided evidence for the population's contact…
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2005
2005
Update on Lassa fever in West Africa.
Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaire
2005
Corpus ID: 938533
1999
1999
WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/99.2
1999
Corpus ID: 189760748
1988
1988
Ribavirin therapy for lassa fever.
N. Snell
Practitioner
1988
Corpus ID: 12569635
1979
1979
Lassa fever, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases and other exotic diseases: is there a risk to Canada?
A. J. Clayton
Canadian Medical Association journal
1979
Corpus ID: 40458253
There are seven exotic diseases of concern; three of these, the most unpredictable and least understood, are Lassa fever, Marburg…
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1975
1975
Handling patients with suspected Lassa fever entering Great Britain.
A. W. Woodruff
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1975
Corpus ID: 43311768
A special isolation unit has been created at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, for the reception of patients arriving…
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