Germany reports suspected Lassa fever death in Cologne
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#16MHJ)
A individual who was referred to the University Hospital of Cologne for malaria treatment has died from suspected Lassa fever, according to German media (computer translated). The patient was apparently in West Africa, admitted to the Cologne hospital for malaria, later died and on Wednesday the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine's postmortem examination revealed the suspected ["]