Lassa hemorrhagic fever in a late term pregnancy from northern Sierra Leone with a positive maternal outcome

Luis M Branco, Matt L Boisen, Kristian G Andersen, Jessica N Grove, Lina M Moses, Ivana J Muncy, Lee A Henderson, John S Schieffellin, James E Robinson, James J Bangura, Donald S Grant, Vanessa N Raabe, Mbalu Fonnie, Eleina M Zaitsev, Pardis C Sabeti and Robert F Garry.

Virology Journal

A collaborative report by researchers from the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium describe the first comprehensive rapid diagnosis and real time characterization of an acute case of hemorrhagic Lassa Fever in a third trimester pregnant Sierra Leonean woman who survived the illness despite fetal demise.

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