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Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Synopsis

Absence of Nosocomial Transmission of Imported Lassa Fever during Use of Standard Barrier Nursing Methods

Anna GrahnComments to Author , Andreas Bråve, Thomas Tolfvenstam, and Marie Studahl
Author affiliations: University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden (A. Grahn, M. Studahl); Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden (A. Bråve); Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (T. Tolfvenstam)

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Characteristics of index patient (72-year-old woman) with imported Lassa fever, Gothenburg, Sweden. A) Results of virus PCR. B) Signs and symptoms and positive serum culture result. Symbols indicate days when signs/symptoms occurred and day of positive serum culture result, and lines indicate continuing signs/symptoms. Dashed red line indicate a decrease in this symptom. *The limit of quantitation of LASV was 300 copies/mL, and detectable but not quantifiable levels of LASV were defined as <3

Figure. Characteristics of index patient (72-year-old woman) with imported Lassa fever, Gothenburg, Sweden. A) Results of virus PCR. B) Signs and symptoms and positive serum culture result. Symbols indicate days when signs/symptoms occurred and day of positive serum culture result, and lines indicate continuing signs/symptoms. Dashed red line indicates a decrease in this symptom. *The limit of quantitation of LASV was 300 copies/mL, and detectable but not quantifiable levels of LASV were defined as <300 copies/mL. Day 10 is the day of hospital admission. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; LASV, Lassa virus.

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