Lassa fever: what are the symptoms and is it easy to catch?
by Andrew Gregory from Science | The Guardian on (#5W2ZT)
As a person dies in the UK from a case of Lassa fever, what do we know about this potential deadly disease?
A patient in the UK who has died from Lassa fever, an acute viral infection endemic in parts of Africa, was a newborn baby, according to reports.
The Guardian reported last week that a patient had died in Bedfordshire after being found to have Lassa fever. The confirmed case brought the total number of people diagnosed with the disease in England to three.
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