Historical Lassa fever reports and 30-year clinical update.
Five cases of Lassa fever have been imported from West Africa to the United States since 1969. We report symptoms of the patient with the second imported case and the symptoms and long-term follow-up on the patient with the third case. Vertigo in this patient has persisted for 30 years.
Macher
Abe M
AM
US Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. abemacher@hotmail.com
Wolfe
Martin S
MS
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007836:Lassa virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009549:Nigeria; D012807:Sierra Leone; D014481:United States; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology