ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2017
Emergence of Lassa Fever Disease in Northern Togo: Report of Two Cases in Oti District in 2016.
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- Clinical characterization of Lassa fever: A systematic review of clinical reports and research to inform clinical trial design.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Adaptive Design for Phase II/III Platform Trial of Lassa Fever Therapeutics.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- Lassa Virus-A Persistent and Evolving Threat.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Decoding the human CD4Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Current perspectives on vaccines and therapeutics for Lassa Fever.Virology journal · 2024Review
- Conformational ensemble-based framework enables rapid development of Lassa virus vaccine candidates.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Lassa Virus Genetics.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2023Article
- Predicting the evolution of the Lassa virus endemic area and population at risk over the next decades.Nature communications · 2022Article
- An approach to integrate population mobility patterns and sociocultural factors in communicable disease preparedness and response.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2021Article
- Lassa Fever: An Evolving Emergency in West Africa.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Review
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- Diagnostics for Lassa fever virus: a genetically diverse pathogen found in low-resource settings.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Report of a fatal case of Lassa fever in Parakou in 2018: clinical, therapeutic and diagnostic aspects.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- The S Genome Segment Is Sufficient to Maintain Pathogenicity in Intra-Clade Lassa Virus Reassortants in a Guinea Pig Model.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2018Article
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backgroundLassa fever belongs to the group of potentially fatal hemorrhagic fevers, never reported in Togo. The aim of this paper is to report the first two cases of Lassa fever infection in Togo. CASE PRESENTATION: The two first Lassa fever cases occurred in two expatriate's health professionals working in Togo for more than two years. The symptoms appeared among two health professionals of a clinic located in Oti district in the north of the country. The absence of clinical improvement after antimalarial treatment and the worsening of clinical symptoms led to the medical evacuation. The delayed diagnosis of the first case led to a fatal outcome. The second case recovered under ribavirin treatment.
conclusionThe emergence of this hemorrhagic fever confirms the existence of Lassa fever virus in Togo. After a period of intensive Ebola virus transmission from 2013 to 2015, this is an additional call for the establishment and enhancement of infection prevention and control measures in the health care setting in West Africa.
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