GA: Suspected Lassa fever patient coming to Emory from Togo-diagnosis confirmed

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Suspected Lassa fever patient coming to Emory
By Andy Miller
Georgia Health News
6 hrs ago (0)

Emory University Hospital?s special infectious disease unit is awaiting a patient suspected of having Lassa fever, an acute viral disease indigenous to West Africa.

The patient?s diagnosis has not yet been confirmed. Emory said Friday that it will work with the CDC and Georgia Public Health officials to diagnose the patient, a physician assistant who has been working for a missionary organization in the nation of Togo.

The special medical isolation unit at the Atlanta hospital successfully treated four patients infected with the Ebola virus in 2014. Emory, in fact, was the first American facility ever to treat an Ebola patient...

 

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Lassa fever patient arrives in Atlanta for treatment at Emory
by: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Updated: Mar 12, 2016 - 11:10 AM

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An American healthcare worker with a suspected case of Lassa fever has been transported to metro Atlanta for treatment at Emory University Hospital.

The patient was flown on a specialized Gulfstream medevac aircraft with an Aeromedical Biological Containment System and arrived early Saturday morning, according to Cartersville-based Phoenix Air...

 

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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/13/health/lassa-fever-emory-atlanta/index.html

Lassa fever diagnosis confirmed for Emory patient, CDC says
By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
Updated 5:56 PM ET, Sun March 13, 2016

(CNN)A Lassa fever diagnosis has been confirmed for a patient at Emory University Hospital, a CDC spokesman told CNN on Sunday.

Test results for the patient "were positive for Lassa fever," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Benjamin Hayes said...