Lassa Fever

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Lassa Fever by Carly Brown

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Lassa Fever. by Carly Brown. Discovery. John Frame 1969 collaborated with Yale Arbovirus Research Unit. Type/Structure. Arenaviridae family spherical lipid membrane single-stranded RNA. Transportation. zoonotic host-multimammate rat genus Mastomys person to person. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Lassa Feverby Carly Brown

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Discovery

John Frame1969collaborated with Yale Arbovirus Research Unit

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Arenaviridae familysphericallipid membrane

single-stranded RNA

Type/Structure

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Transportation

zoonotichost-multimammate rat

genus Mastomysperson to person

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Transportation(cont.)

urine & droppingsdirect contactairborne transmission

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Demographic Info.

at risk- those who live in areas with Mastomys rodents

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Statistics100,000 - 300,000 infections a year

5,000 deaths

accounts for 10-16% admitted to hospitals

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Facts80% - no observable symptoms

20% - severe multisystem disease

1-3 weeks after contracted

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Symptomsfever

malaise

throat lesions

pneumonia

abdominal pain

vomiting

diarrhea

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Symptoms(etc.)

retrosternal pain

back pain

cough

conjunctivitis

facial swelling

mucosal bleeding

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Neurological Problemstremors

hearing loss

deafness occurs in 1/3 of cases

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Miscellaneous15-20% patients hospitalized die

95% fetuses die

risky-women in 3rd trimester

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Ribavirinantiviral drug

used with success

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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF LASSA FEVER MODEL · Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease, i.e. it can be transmitted from infected animal to a human. The natural Reservoir of the Lassa virus