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Case Reports
. 2006 May;12(5):835-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1205.050052.

Historical Lassa fever reports and 30-year clinical update

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Historical Lassa fever reports and 30-year clinical update

Abe M Macher et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May.

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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