title: Imported Lassa fever, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010.
abstract: We report a case of Lassa fever in a US traveler who visited rural Liberia, became ill while in country, sought medical care upon return to the United States, and subsequently had his illness laboratory confirmed. The patient recovered with supportive therapy. No secondary cases occurred.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. valerianna.amorosa@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Valerianna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amorosa
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: MacNeil
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: Ami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Bobbie Rae
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knust
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Pierre E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Nichol
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D007836:Lassa virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007988:Liberia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010414:Pennsylvania; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014195:Travel