Volume 12, Number 5—May 2006
Dispatch
Historical Lassa Fever Reports and 30-year Clinical Update
Table A1
Patients with imported Lassa fever, worldwide, 1969–2004
Year of import | From | To | Occupation | Clinical outcome | Reference |
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1969 | Nigeria | United States | Nurse | Survived | (10) |
1971 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Nurse | Survived | (11) |
1971 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Physician | Survived | (11) |
1972 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Nurse | Survived | (12) |
1974 | Nigeria | Germany | Physician | Survived | (13) |
1975 | Nigeria | United Kingdom | Physician | Died | (13) |
1975 | Sierra Leone | United States | Aid worker | Survived | |
1976 | Sierra Leone | United States | Aid worker | Survived | (14) |
1976 | Nigeria | United Kingdom | Engineer | Survived | (15) |
1980 | Upper Volta | Netherlands | Aid worker | Survived | (16) |
1981 | Nigeria | United Kingdom | Teacher | Survived | (17) |
1982 | Nigeria | United Kingdom | Diplomat | Survived | (18) |
1984 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Geologist | Survived | (19) |
1985 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Nurse | Survived | (20) |
1987 | Sierra Leone/Liberia | Israel | Engineer | Survived | (21) |
1987 | Sierra Leone | Japan | Engineer | Survived | (22) |
1989 | Nigeria | Canada | Agricultural specialist | Survived | (23) |
1989 | Nigeria | United States | Engineer | Died | (24) |
2000 | Cotê d'Ivoire/Burkina Faso/Ghana | Germany | Student | Died | (25) |
2000 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Peacekeeper | Died | (25) |
2000 | Nigeria | Germany | Unknown | Died | (25) |
2000 | Sierra Leone | Netherlands | Physician | Died | (25) |
2003 | Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | Peacekeeper | Survived | (26) |
2004 | Sierra Leone/Liberia | United States | Businessman | Died | (27) |
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1Portions of this patient's clinical signs and symptoms were originally published in Zweighaft et al. (2).