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Dutch doctor dies after contracting Lassa fever in Sierra Leone
« on: November 25, 2019, 04:04:06 am »
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Dutch doctor dies after contracting Lassa fever in Sierra Leone
    24 November 2019


Lassa fever can affect many organs

A Dutch doctor who was evacuated from Sierra Leone after contracting Lassa fever has died in hospital.

The medic was flown home on Tuesday after being infected in the northern town of Masanga, an area not previously known to have been affected.

He reportedly developed symptoms of the viral haemorrhagic illness after operating on a pregnant woman.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50536228

CDC reading on Lassa fever.

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