A patient with possible Lassa Fever leaves for better care

The patient leaves to go to the Doctors Without Borders hospital thanks to the ambulance they provided. Most Lassa virus infections in Africa are mild or subclinical. Several multisystem disease occurs in 5-10% of cases, and 15-25% of those hospitalized will die. Lassa is also causes serious disease and death in children, but diagnosis can often be missed. A more frightening development is spontaneous mucosal bleeding, which can occur in nearly 17% of patients. This then begins to resemble Ebola. Hearing loss in nearly one-third of survivors can occur.

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Copyright: Radford Davis
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The patient leaves to go to the Doctors Without Borders hospital thanks to the ambulance they provided. Most Lassa virus infections in Africa are mild or subclinical. Several multisystem disease occurs in 5-10% of cases, and 15-25% of those hospitalized will die. Lassa is also causes serious disease and death in children, but diagnosis can often be missed. A more frightening development is spontaneous mucosal bleeding, which can occur in nearly 17% of patients. This then begins to resemble Ebola. Hearing loss in nearly one-third of survivors can occur.