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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS

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Lassa fever – Full recovery without Ribavarin treatment: A case report

African Health Sciences, Volume 14, No. 4, Year 2014

Background: Lassa fever is a rodent-borne zoonosis that clinically manifests as an acute hemorrhagic fever. It is treated using ribavarin. Surviving Lassa fever without receiving the antiviral drug ribavarin is rare. Only few cases have been documented to date.
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