Imported Lassa fever: a report of 2 cases in Ghana.

Autor: Kyei NN; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. ninaky05@gmail.com., Abilba MM; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. drabilba@gmail.com., Kwawu FK; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. sterus_2000@yahoo.com., Agbenohevi PG; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. princea18@yahoo.com., Bonney JH; Noguchi Memorial Research Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 581, Legon, Ghana. kbonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh., Agbemaple TK; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. Agbetom@yahoo.com., Nimo-Paintsil SC; Noguchi Memorial Research Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 581, Legon, Ghana. shirleycameron93@yahoo.com., Ampofo W; Noguchi Memorial Research Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 581, Legon, Ghana. WAmpofo@noguchi.ug.edu.gh., Ohene SA; World Health Organization Ghana Country Office, P. O Box MB 142, Accra, Ghana. salohene@yahoo.com., Nyarko EO; 37 Military Hospital, Neghelli Barracks, Accra, Ghana. eonyarko@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2015 May 29; Vol. 15, pp. 217. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 29.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0956-2
Abstrakt: Background: Lassa fever is a potentially fatal acute viral illness caused by Lassa virus which is carried by rodents and is endemic in some West African countries. Importation of emerging infections such as Lassa fever, Ebola Virus Disease and other viral hemorrhagic fevers into non endemic regions is a growing threat particularly as international travel and commitments in resolving conflicts in endemic countries in the West Africa sub-region continue.
Case Presentation: We report the first two recorded imported cases of Lassa fever among Ghanaian Peace keepers in rural Liberia, who became ill while on Peace keeping mission. They were subsequently evacuated to the UN level IV hospital in Accra, where their illnesses were laboratory confirmed. One of the patients recovered with ribavirin treatment and supportive therapy. No secondary clinical cases occurred in Ghana.
Conclusions: Healthcare providers at all levels of care should thus have a high index of suspicion for these infectious diseases and adopt standard infection control measures when treating patients in endemic regions or returning travelers from an endemic region with a febrile illness even of a known etiology.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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