Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: LASSA fever, first identified in northeastern Nigeria in 1969,1 is endemic in much of western Africa. Mastomys natalensis, a rat that is common around human habitations in the region, is the host of enzootic Lassa fever virus.2 The virus is spread to humans primarily through the urine of infected rats and is also transmissible from person to person. Its incubation period ranges from 7 to 18 days.3 Lassa fever virus may cause as many as 300,000 human infections and 5000 deaths per year in areas where the disease is endemic.4 Lassa fever is infrequently encountered in areas where the disease . . .
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
Authors: Gary P. Holmes, Joseph B. McCormick, Susan C. Trock, Robert A. Chase, Steven M. Lewis, Carol A. Mason, Patricia A. Hall, Lynnette S. Brammer, Gilda I. Perez-Oronoz, Mary Kay McDonnell, James P. Paulissen, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch
Language: English
Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2326037208