An Iowa resident has died after contracting a frightening viral disease, similar to Ebola, that leaves victims bleeding from their ... symptoms occur and the virus is not spread by casual contact.
A WOMAN has died of Lassa fever, an Ebola-like disease also known as 'rat fever', prompting urgent contact tracing. The horrific virus can cause bleeding from the eyes, though 80 per cent of ...
from a symptomatic individual or corpse of a person who had Ebola virus disease. Symptoms begin with fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. A minority of cases have hemorrhagic complications.
Lassa fever has similar symptoms to the Ebola virus, causing hemorrhagic fever. However, experts say it's far less likely to be fatal than Ebola. State and federal officials have said the risk of ...
Lassa fever is much less likely to be fatal than other viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola or Marburg virus; an outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda has infected 65 people and resulted in 15 deaths.
Lassa fever is a virus carried by Mastomys rats ... and a headache — similar to other hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola and malaria. But in later stages, especially if a patient is not treated ...
With viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola and Marburg ... with suspected viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs). VHFs, such as Ebola virus disease, Marburg virus disease, and Lassa fever, are highly ...