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150 People May Have Had Contact With Lassa Fever Victim: CDC
Bacterial Infections 101 Tummy Trouble Quiz Hepatitis C Slideshow Page 1 of 3FRIDAY, May 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- At least 150 people may have had contact with a New Jersey man who died Monday in that state of Lassa fever, but most of them aren't at serious risk of infection, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.The unidentified 55-year-old man had returned to the United States on May 17 after traveling to Liberia in West Africa. Lassa fever is a viral disease that's common in West Africa but rarely seen in the United States. It is nowhere near as infectious as the Ebolavirus, which wreaked havoc in Liberia and two other West African nations last year.Eight of the people at potential risk of infection were on a flight that the man boarded in Morocco after flying from Monrovia, Liberia, the Associated Press reported. The news service said it cited a government official with knowledge of the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to release information publicly.The deceased man was only the sixth known case of Lassa fever in a traveler returning to the United States since 1969, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The last case of Lassa was reported in Minnesota in 2014. There has never been a documented case of person-to-person transmission of Lassa fever in the United States, the CDC added.The death rate for Lassa is about 1 percent, compared with about a 70 percent death rate for Ebola.Continue ReadingPage 1 of 3ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT
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