Molecular confirmation of Lassa fever imported into Ghana

• Principais autores: Joseph H.K. Bonney (Autor), Edward O. Nyarko (Autor), Sally-Ann Ohene (Autor), Joseph Amankwa (Autor), Ralph K. Ametepi (Autor), Shirley C. Nimo-Paintsil (Autor), Badu Sarkodie (Autor), Prince Agbenohevi (Autor), Michael Adjabeng (Autor), Nicholas N.A. Kyei (Autor), Samuel Bel-Nono (Autor), William K. Ampofo (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: AOSIS, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...