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Novel Arenavirus Causes Mystery Illness in Zambia and South Africa

Posted October 17, 2008 by Ali S. Khan | comment blurb 1 Comments

IHC of liver from fatal case of Lassa Fever.An active, young Zambian safari guide fell ill last month with an unexplained illness that rapidly progressed to her death after medical evacuation to South Africa.  Three additional people who had close contact with her or her body fluids, a paramedic, a nurse and a hospital worker, also shortly became ill -- and despite all medical efforts, have also died...

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