Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever–hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500–700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in eastern Sierra Leone. Generally only 30%–40% of...

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Main Authors: Randal J. Schoepp, Cynthia A. Rossi, Sheik H. Khan, Augustine Goba, Joseph N. Fair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Sierra Leone
undiagnosed
febrile
viruses
arthropod-borne
hemorrhagic fever
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/13-1265_article

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