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Case Reports
. 2010 Oct;16(10):1598-600.
doi: 10.3201/eid1610.100774.

Imported Lassa fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010

Valerianna Amorosa  1 , Adam MacNeil, Ryan McConnell, Ami Patel, Katherine E Dillon, Keith Hamilton, Bobbie Rae Erickson, Shelley Campbell, Barbara Knust, Deborah Cannon, David Miller, Craig Manning, Pierre E Rollin, Stuart T Nichol
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Case Reports

Imported Lassa fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010

Valerianna Amorosa et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

We report a case of Lassa fever in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed. The patient recovered with supportive therapy. No secondary cases occurred.

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