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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;22(39):17-00661.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00661.

Lessons learnt from imported cases and onward transmission of Lassa fever in Europe support broader management of viral haemorrhagic fevers

Roger Hewson  1   2
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Editorial

Lessons learnt from imported cases and onward transmission of Lassa fever in Europe support broader management of viral haemorrhagic fevers

Roger Hewson. Euro Surveill. 2017 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Lassa fever; viral haemorrhagic fever.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

Comment on

  • Control measures following a case of imported Lassa fever from Togo, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 2016.
    Lehmann C, Kochanek M, Abdulla D, Becker S, Böll B, Bunte A, Cadar D, Dormann A, Eickmann M, Emmerich P, Feldt T, Frank C, Fries J, Gabriel M, Goetsch U, Gottschalk R, Günther S, Hallek M, Häussinger D, Herzog C, Jensen B, Kolibay F, Krakau M, Langebartels G, Rieger T, Schaade L, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Schömig E, Schüttfort G, Shimabukuro-Vornhagen A, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Wieland U, Wiesmüller G, Wolf T, Fätkenheuer G. Lehmann C, et al. Euro Surveill. 2017 Sep;22(39):17-00088. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00088. Euro Surveill. 2017. PMID: 29019307 Free PMC article.
  • Management of a Lassa fever outbreak, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2016.
    Ehlkes L, George M, Samosny G, Burckhardt F, Vogt M, Bent S, Jahn K, Zanger P. Ehlkes L, et al. Euro Surveill. 2017 Sep;22(39):16-00728. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.16-00728. Euro Surveill. 2017. PMID: 29019309 Free PMC article.

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