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Review
. 2003 Nov 29;327(7426):1271-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1271.

Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences

J Kay Richmond  1 , Deborah J Baglole
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Review

Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences

J Kay Richmond et al. BMJ. .

Erratum in

  • BMJ. 2004 Jan 10;328(7431):96

Abstract

Lassa fever is endemic in west Africa, where it probably kills several thousand people each year. With access to the region improving, the opportunity, and the need, to improve our understanding of this disease are increasing

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Figure 1
Distribution of Lassa fever in west Africa. Outbreaks have occurred in the Central African Republic, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone; serological evidence of human infection has been found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, and Senegal
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