Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2019)

Fatal Case of Lassa Fever, Bangolo District, Côte d’Ivoire, 2015

  • Mathieu Mateo,
  • Caroline Picard,
  • Yahaya Sylla,
  • Emilie Kamo,
  • Danielle Odegue,
  • Alexandra Journeaux,
  • Stéphane Kouassi Kan,
  • Marcelle Money,
  • David N’Golo Coulibaly,
  • Eugène Koffi,
  • Souleymane Meite,
  • Véronique Akran,
  • Hervé Kadjo,
  • Edgard Adjogoua,
  • Solange N’Gazoa Kakou,
  • Sylvain Baize,
  • Mireille Dosso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190239
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 9
pp. 1753 – 1756

Abstract

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Lassa fever has not been reported in Côte d’Ivoire. We performed a retrospective analysis of human serum samples collected in Côte d’Ivoire in the dry seasons (January–April) during 2015–2018. We identified a fatal human case of Lassa fever in the Bangolo District of western Côte d’Ivoire during 2015.

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