PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (14): Germany (RP) local transmission, mortician - ProMED Mail - 03/16/2016

A patient infected with the Lassa fever virus has been admitted to the special isolation unit of the Frankfurt University Hospital. The individual works at a funeral home in Alzey (Rheinland-Pfalz). He had contact with the body of an individual who died in the Cologne University Hospital at the end of February 2016. The deceased had been in contact with Lassa patients in Togo according to the county government Alzey-Worms.After the Lassa virus was detected in the blood of the funeral view full article

Alzey, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | Lassa Fever | Humans

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