Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana

• Main Authors: Joseph H.K. Bonney (Author), Edward O. Nyarko (Author), Sally-Ann Ohene (Author), Joseph Amankwa (Author), Ralph K. Ametepi (Author), Shirley C. Nimo-Paintsil (Author), Badu Sarkodie (Author), Prince Agbenohevi (Author), Michael Adjabeng (Author), Nicholas N.A. Kyei (Author), Samuel Bel-Nono (Author), William K. Ampofo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recent reports have shown an expansion of Lassa virus from the area where it was first isolated in Nigeria to other areas of West Africa. Two Ghanaian soldiers on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia were taken ill with viral haemorrhagic fever syndrome following the death of...