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Case Reports
. 2020 Mar:92:49-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.12.022. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Delayed-onset paraparesis in Lassa fever: A case report

A Duvignaud  1 , M Doutchi  2 , C Abejegah  3 , I Etafo  4 , M Jaspard  5 , B Serra  6 , E Tricaud  7 , C Levy-Marchal  8 , X Anglaret  9 , L A Ahmed  10 , A N Adedosu  11 , D Malvy  12 , O O Ayodeji  13
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Delayed-onset paraparesis in Lassa fever: A case report

A Duvignaud et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar.
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Abstract

Lassa fever (LF) is an endemic viral hemorrhagic fever in West Africa. Among the serious complications of the disease are neurological manifestations whose spectrum is incompletely known. Here we report the case of a 61-year-old man who developed a delayed-onset paraparesis a few weeks after getting infected with Lassa virus, thereby suggesting a possible association between LF and spinal cord disorders.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Central nervous system; Lassa fever; Myelitis; Nigeria; Paraparesis.

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