Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
5-2006
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
12
Issue
5
DOI
10.3201/eid1205.050052
Abstract
Five cases of Lassa fever have been imported from West Africa to the United States since 1969. We report symptoms of the patient with the second imported case and the symptoms and long-term follow-up on the patient with the third case. Vertigo in this patient has persisted for 30 years.
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APA Citation
Macher, A. M., & Wolfe, M. S. (2006). Historical Lassa Fever Reports and 30-year Clinical Update. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12 (5). http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.050052
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Comments
Reproduced with permission of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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