ReviewDisaster and military medicine2016
Lassa fever: another threat from West Africa.
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- Lessons in the Wake of a Lassa fever case in the Midwest U.S: epidemiology, management and preparedness gaps.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Review
- The epidemiology of Lassa fever in Ghana: a study on the 2023 Lassa fever outbreak in Ghana.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: global trends and new strategies for their prevention and control.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- Lassa Fever: Critical Review and Prospects for Control.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- An atlas of gross and histologic lesions and immunohistochemical immunoreactivity during the temporal progression of aerosolized Lassa virus induced hemorrhagic fever in cynomolgus macaques.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Knowledge and practices associated with Lassa fever in rural Nigeria: Implications for prevention and control.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
- Combating Lassa Fever in West African Sub-Region: Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.Viruses · 2023Review
- Epidemiological review of confirmed Lassa fever cases during 2016-2018, in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Management of Lassa Fever: A Current Update.Cureus · 2021Review
- Descriptive epidemiology of Lassa fever in Nigeria, 2012-2017.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Monitoring of Lassa virus infection in suspected and confirmed cases in Ondo State, Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Lesson learned from the investigation and response of Lassa fever outbreak, Margibi County, Liberia, 2018: case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Lassa virus RNA detection from suspected cases in Nigeria, 2011-2017.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Molecular confirmation and phylogeny of Lassa fever virus in Benin Republic 2014-2016.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2019Article
- Mortality Among Confirmed Lassa Fever Cases During the 2015-2016 Outbreak in Nigeria.American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Understanding the cryptic nature of Lassa fever in West Africa.Pathogens and global health · 2017Review
- Computer aided epitope design as a peptide vaccine component against Lassa virus.Bioinformation · 2017Article
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Abstract
Lassa fever, a zoonotic viral infection, is endemic in West Africa. The disease causes annual wide spread morbidity and mortality in Africa, and can be imported by travelers. Possible importation of Lassa fever and the potential for the use of Lassa virus as an agent of bioterrorism mandate clinicians in Israel and other countries to be vigilant and familiar with the basic characteristics of this disease. The article reviews the basis of this infection and the clinical management of patients with Lassa fever. Special emphasis is given to antiviral treatment and infection control.
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