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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A Case-Control Study of the Clinical Diagnosis and Course of Lassa Fever
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 155, No. 3, Year 1987
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Description
A prospective case-control study of Lassa fever was established in Sierra Leone to measure the frequency and case-fatality ratio of Lassa fever among febrile hospital admissions and to better delineate the clinical diagnosis and course of this disease. Lassa fever was responsible for 10%–16% of all adult medical admissions and for rv30% of adult deaths in the two hospitals studied. The case-fatality ratio for 441 hospitalized patients was 16.5%. We found the best predictor of Lassa fever to be the combination of fever, pharyngitis, retrosternal pain, and proteinuria (predictive value together,.81); of outcome, the best predictor was the combination of fever, sore throat, and vomiting (relative risk of death, 5.5). Complications included mucosal bleeding (17%), bilateral or unilateral eighth-nerve deafness (4%), and pleural (3%) or pericardial (2%) effusion. Lassa fever is endemic in this area and is a more-common cause of hospital admission and death than has previously been described; this disease must be considered when diagnosing febrile illness in West Africa. © 1987 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
McCormick, Joseph B.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
King, Isabel J.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
Webb, Patricia A.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Johnson, Karl M.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
O’Sullivan, Renie
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
Smith, Ethleen S.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
Djibouti
Catholic Relief Service
Trippel, Sally
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
United States, Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Tong, Tony C.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
United States
The Panguma Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 364
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/155.3.445
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Sierra Leone