lassa virus uk

Rare virus spotted in UK - signs and symptoms LASSA FEVER cases have been confirmed in the UK after a familys trip to West Africa the UK Health Security Agency has announced. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus.

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The UK Health Security Agency has said that members of a family which recently travelled to West Africa have tested positive for Lassa Fever - similar to Ebola -.

. Lassa Fever outbreak. Lassa mammarenavirus LASV is an arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever a type of viral hemorrhagic fever VHF in humans and other primates. Lassa mammarenavirus is an emerging virus and a select agent requiring Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containmentIt is endemic in West African countries especially Sierra Leone the Republic of Guinea Nigeria and.

People usually become infected with Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with urine or.

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