Open AccessLassa fever in a UK soldier recently returned from Sierra Leone - e-alert 10 February
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.07.06.02162-en
Subject(s) - sierra leone , lassa fever , lassa virus , medicine , geography , history , ancient history , virology , ethnology , outbreak , virus
A case of Lassa fever has been confirmed in a British soldier returned from Sierra Leone, West Africa, it is reported in a press release issued today by the Royal Free Hampstead Hospital in London (1). The man, who became ill on 30 January, is being cared for at a high security infectious diseases unit in London and is in a stable condition.
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