A middle-aged patient has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from a state health department. Here's what you need ...
Here's what you need to know about Lassa fever, how it spreads and how it's treated: Lassa fever is "an acute viral ...
A resident of eastern Iowa who had recently traveled to West Africa died after catching Lassa fever, state officials said ...
The middle-aged Iowa resident had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed they contracted the virus.
The virus is normally carried by infected rodents and spread to humans through contact with urine or droppings ...
Recently, an eastern Iowa resident in the United States who had travelled to West Africa died after contracting Lassa fever, ...
A WOMAN who travelled from Africa to the US has died after catching Lassa fever, health authorities have announced. The ...
A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a ...
An Iowa resident who returned to the United States from travel to West Africa died Monday of a rare hemorrhagic fever, health ...
The rare viral hemorrhagic fever can be transmitted among humans through infected body fluids, but not casual contact such as ...
The middle-aged resident had returned to Iowa from West Africa early in October, Iowa public health officials said.
Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic viral infection spread by rats in West Africa, according to Edward Liu, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center.