Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2010)

Imported Lassa Fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010

  • Valerianna Amorosa,
  • Adam MacNeil,
  • Ryan McConnell,
  • Ami Patel,
  • Katherine E. Dillon,
  • Keith Hamilton,
  • Bobbie Rae Erickson,
  • Shelley Campbell,
  • Barbara Knust,
  • Deborah L. Cannon,
  • David M. Miller,
  • Craig Manning,
  • Pierre E. Rollin,
  • Stuart T. Nichol

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100774
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
pp. 1598 – 1600

Abstract

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We report a case of Lassa fever in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed. The patient recovered with supportive therapy. No secondary cases occurred.

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