Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Ribavirin for Lassa Fever Postexposure Prophylaxis

Christiane M. Hadi, Augustine Goba, Sheik Humarr Khan, James Bangura, Mbalu Sankoh, Saffa Koroma, Baindu Juana, Alpha Bah, Mamadou Coulibaly, and Daniel G. Bausch

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (C.M. Hadi, D.G. Bausch); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Kenema, Sierra Leone (A. Goba, S.H. Khan, J. Bangura, M. Sankoh, S. Koroma, B. Juana); International Center for Research on Tropical Infections, N’Zérékoré, Guinea (A. Bah, M. Coulibaly); Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans (D.G. Bausch)

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Adverse effects reported by 23 persons who took oral ribavirin prophylactically after potential exposure to Lassa virus, Sierra Leone, 2004.

Figure. Adverse effects reported by 23 persons who took oral ribavirin prophylactically after potential exposure to Lassa virus, Sierra Leone, 2004.

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