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      review</FONT></H3>
      <H2>Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social =
consequences=20
      </H2></NOBR><STRONG>J Kay Richmond</STRONG>, <I>freelance=20
      consultant</I></STRONG><SUP>1</SUP></NOBR>, <STRONG>Deborah J=20
      Baglole</STRONG>, <I>health =
adviser</I></STRONG><SUP>2</SUP></NOBR>=20
      <P><FONT size=3D-1><SUP>1</SUP> 24 Llantrisant Rise, Llandaff, =
Cardiff CF5=20
      2PG, <SUP>2</SUP> Merlin, Borough, London SE1 1DB </FONT>
      <P>
      <P><FONT size=3D-1>Correspondence to: J K Richmond <SPAN=20
      id=3Dem0>Kayrichmondf4h{at}btinternet.com</SPAN>
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      <P><FONT face=3Dverdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=3D3>Lassa =
fever is=20
      endemic in west Africa, where it probably kills<SUP> </SUP>several =

      thousand people each year. With access to the region<SUP> =
</SUP>improving,=20
      the opportunity, and the need, to improve our understanding<SUP> =
</SUP>of=20
      this disease are increasing<SUP> </SUP>
      <P></FONT>
      <P>
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          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
            size=3D+2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction =
</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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        <TR>
          <TH align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D-1><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#top=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT color=3D#464c53>Introduction</FONT><BR><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
1"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Method of review<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
2"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Epidemiology<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
4"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Community perspectives<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
5"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Research needs<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BIB=
L"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            =
border=3D0>References<BR></A></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>L=
assa=20
      fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever transmitted by rats.<SUP> =
</SUP>It has=20
      been known since the 1950s, but the virus was not identified<SUP>=20
      </SUP>until 1969, when two missionary nurses died from it in the =
town<SUP>=20
      </SUP>of Lassa in Nigeria. Found predominantly in west =
Africa,<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      it<SUP> </SUP>has the potential to cause tens of thousands of =
deaths.=20
      Even<SUP> </SUP>after recovery, the virus remains in body fluids,=20
      including<SUP> </SUP>semen.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      The years of civil unrest in Sierra Leone (1991-2002)<SUP> =
</SUP>halted=20
      the investigation (through international collaboration)<SUP> =
</SUP>of=20
      Lassa fever at a specialist unit in Kenema. Increasing =
international<SUP>=20
      </SUP>travel and the possibility of use of the Lassa virus as a=20
      biological<SUP> </SUP>weapon escalate the potential for harm =
beyond the=20
      local level.<SUP> </SUP>Access to the country is improving, so =
renewed=20
      efforts to understand<SUP> </SUP>it are feasible.<SUP> </SUP>
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          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
            size=3D+2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Method of review =
</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
      <TABLE cellPadding=3D5 align=3Dright border=3D1>
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        <TR>
          <TH align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D-1><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#top=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BDY=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Introduction<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT color=3D#464c53>Method of =
review</FONT><BR><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
2"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Epidemiology<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
4"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Community perspectives<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
5"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Research needs<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BIB=
L"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            =
border=3D0>References<BR></A></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>T=
he=20
      information presented comes from a strategic document =
produced<SUP>=20
      </SUP>in 2002 for Merlin (Medical Emergency Relief =
International,<SUP>=20
      </SUP>a London based nongovernmental aid organisation which =
manages<SUP>=20
      </SUP>the Lassa unit in Kenema (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.merlin.org.uk/">http://www.merlin.org.uk/</A>)). This =

      document,<SUP> </SUP><I>`Licking' Lassa fever</I>,<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
2">2</A></SUP>=20
      was created through collaboration with<SUP> </SUP>experts in =
infectious=20
      disease, community development, clinical<SUP> </SUP>management of =
viral=20
      haemorrhagic diseases, and qualitative research.<SUP> </SUP>The =
sources of=20
      information were a literature review using Ovid<SUP> </SUP>and =
PubMed=20
      (search term "Lassa fever"), case analysis and surveys<SUP>=20
      </SUP>undertaken in the field, and relevant websites (such as =
those<SUP>=20
      </SUP>of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease =
Control<SUP>=20
      </SUP>and Prevention).<SUP> </SUP>
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          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
            size=3D+2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Epidemiology =
</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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          <TH align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D-1><A=20
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"><IMG=20
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            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><A=20
            =
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"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Introduction<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
1"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
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width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Method of review<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 =
hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT color=3D#464c53>Epidemiology</FONT><BR><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
4"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Community perspectives<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
5"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Research needs<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BIB=
L"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            =
border=3D0>References<BR></A></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>L=
assa=20
      fever is caused by a single stranded RNA virus and is<SUP> </SUP>a =

      disseminated systemic primary viral infection.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
3">3</A>=20
      <A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
4">4</A></SUP>=20
      The main<SUP> </SUP>feature of fatal illness is impaired or =
delayed=20
      cellular immunity<SUP> </SUP>leading to fulminant viraemia.<SUP><A =

      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
5">5</A></SUP>=20
      The prevalence of antibodies<SUP> </SUP>to the virus in the =
population is=20
      8-52% in Sierra Leone,<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
6">6</A></SUP>=20
      4-55%<SUP> </SUP>in Guinea,<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
7">7</A></SUP>=20
      and 21% in Nigeria.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
8">8</A></SUP>=20
      Seropositivity has also been<SUP> </SUP>found in the Central =
African=20
      Republic, Democratic Republic of<SUP> </SUP>the Congo, Mali, and =
Senegal=20
      (see <A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#FIG=
1">figure</A>).<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      Staff from the UK<SUP> </SUP>Department for International =
Development, the=20
      International<SUP> </SUP>Committee of the Red Cross, and the =
United=20
      Nations Mission in<SUP> </SUP>Sierra Leone have succumbed. =
Sporadic cases=20
      have occurred in<SUP> </SUP>travellers returning to Britain, the=20
      Netherlands, and Germany.<SUP> </SUP>
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                <TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft>Distribution of Lassa =
fever in west=20
                  Africa. Outbreaks have occurred in the Central African =

                  Republic, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone;=20
                  serological evidence of human infection has been found =
in the=20
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                <TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft =
bgColor=3D#ffffff><B>Summary=20
points</B>
                  <P>Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever =
transmitted<SUP>=20
                  </SUP>by rats, is endemic in west Africa and may kill =
tens of=20
                  thousands<SUP> </SUP>of people each year
                  <P>Peak incidence was thought to be in the<SUP> =
</SUP>dry=20
                  season (January to March), but data collected in =
Sierra<SUP>=20
                  </SUP>Leone shows peaks in the overlap with the wet =
season=20
                  (May to<SUP> </SUP>November)
                  <P>Many infections are subclinical; a high index =
of<SUP>=20
                  </SUP>suspicion, given the difficulties of clinical =
diagnosis,=20
                  is<SUP> </SUP>needed when travellers from west Africa =
present=20
                  with a fever<SUP> </SUP>of unknown origin, with =
symptoms=20
                  appearing up to 21 days after<SUP> </SUP>leaving the =
endemic=20
                  area
                  <P>The virus is excreted in semen for<SUP> </SUP>three =
months=20
                  after infection; we do not know how frequently<SUP> =
</SUP>it=20
                  may be transmitted through sexual intercourse
                  <P>Attempts are<SUP> </SUP>being made to produce a =
vaccine=20
                  using the yellow fever virus<SUP> </SUP>as a vehicle
                  <P>The possibility that Lassa virus could be used<SUP> =

                  </SUP>as a biological weapon has raised the profile of =
the=20
                  need for<SUP> </SUP>greater understanding of Lassa =
fever and=20
                  for more effective<SUP> </SUP>control and treatment =
programmes
                  =
<P></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER><BR=20
      clear=3Dall><SUP></SUP>
      <P><STRONG>The vector</STRONG><BR>The natural hosts for the virus =
are=20
      multimammate rats (<I>Mastomys<SUP> </SUP>natalensis</I>), which =
breed=20
      frequently and are distributed widely<SUP> </SUP>throughout west, =
central,=20
      and east Africa.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
3">3</A></SUP>=20
      They are probably<SUP> </SUP>the most common rodent in tropical =
Africa and=20
      are found predominantly<SUP> </SUP>in rural areas, and in =
dwellings more=20
      often than in surrounding<SUP> </SUP>countryside.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
6">6</A></SUP>=20
      Members of the genus are infected persistently<SUP> </SUP>and shed =
the=20
      virus in their excreta. Humans are infected by<SUP> </SUP>contact =
with the=20
      rats or by eating them (they are considered<SUP> </SUP>a delicacy =
and are=20
      eaten by up to 90% of people in some areas).<SUP> </SUP>Rats found =
in=20
      houses of infected people are seropositive for<SUP> </SUP>the =
virus 10=20
      times more often than those in control houses.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
9">9</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>Virus antibodies occur after a febrile illness in twice as =
many<SUP>=20
      </SUP>people who eat rats as in those who do not, and deafness =
(an<SUP>=20
      </SUP>effect of Lassa fever) occurs four times more =
frequently.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
10">10</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Morbidity and mortality</STRONG><BR>Presentation of =
cases used=20
      to be highest during the dry season<SUP> </SUP>(January to March) =
and=20
      lowest during the wet season (May to<SUP> </SUP>November). =
However, recent=20
      data from Kenema (1999-2002) show<SUP> </SUP>that admissions were =
highest=20
      during the change from the dry<SUP> </SUP>to the wet season (see =
fig A on=20
      bmj.com). This change might<SUP> </SUP>be related partly to =
population=20
      movements during the civil unrest<SUP> </SUP>in Sierra Leone (see =
fig B on=20
      bmj.com)<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
11">11</A></SUP>=20
      and overcrowding among<SUP> </SUP>refugees. Travel becomes =
increasingly=20
      difficult as the wet season<SUP> </SUP>progresses and may help to =
account=20
      for the decrease in numbers<SUP> </SUP>of cases later in the =
season. All=20
      the cases reported were diagnosed<SUP> </SUP>clinically. Until =
1998=20
      laboratory confirmation of diagnosis<SUP> </SUP>was available=20
      retrospectively and 60-70% of cases were confirmed,<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
12">12</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>but in 2000 over half of a series of 22 cases were wrongly=20
      diagnosed.<SUP> </SUP>Thus, these recent apparent changes in =
infection=20
      patterns must<SUP> </SUP>be interpreted with caution.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P>People of all ages are susceptible. The disease is mild or =
has<SUP>=20
      </SUP>no observable symptoms in about 80% of people infected, =
but<SUP>=20
      </SUP>20% have a severe multisystem disease. The incubation =
period<SUP>=20
      </SUP>is 6-21 days. The virus is excreted in urine for three to =
nine<SUP>=20
      </SUP>weeks from infection and in semen for three months.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      The extent<SUP> </SUP>of sexual transmission is unknown.<SUP> =
</SUP>
      <P>Sensorineural hearing deficit is a feature of the disease: =
it<SUP>=20
      </SUP>was found in 29% of confirmed cases compared with none of=20
      febrile<SUP> </SUP>controls in hospital inpatients.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
13">13</A></SUP>=20
      In the general population,<SUP> </SUP>81% of those who experienced =
sudden=20
      deafness had antibodies<SUP> </SUP>to Lassa virus versus 19% of =
matched=20
      controls. There is no apparent<SUP> </SUP>relation between the =
severity of=20
      viral illness, initial hearing<SUP> </SUP>loss, or subsequent=20
      recovery.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
14">14</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P>Lassa fever was responsible for 10-16% of all adult =
medical<SUP>=20
      </SUP>admissions in 1987 in two hospitals studied in Sierra =
Leone<SUP>=20
      </SUP>and for about 30% of adult deaths.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
15">15</A></SUP>=20
      The case fatality rate<SUP> </SUP>in Kenema varied from 12% to 23% =
for the=20
      period 1997-2002. A<SUP> </SUP>recent case series showed low =
admission=20
      rates and high case<SUP> </SUP>fatality rates for people aged less =
than 18=20
      years (who make<SUP> </SUP>up 51% of the total population (United =
Nations=20
      Development Programme))<SUP> </SUP>compared with older people (see =
table A=20
      on bmj.com). During<SUP> </SUP>pregnancy, high rates of maternal =
death=20
      (29%) and fetal and<SUP> </SUP>neonatal loss (87%) have been =
recorded=20
      (uterine evacuation improves<SUP> </SUP>outcome significantly), =
with 25%=20
      of all maternal deaths in Sierra<SUP> </SUP>Leone being due to =
Lassa=20
      fever.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
16">16</A></SUP>=20
      An estimate of the case fatality<SUP> </SUP>rate in the general =
population=20
      is 1-2%, much lower than in hospitalised<SUP> </SUP>cases, =
possibly as a=20
      consequence of differences in severity.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P>Using the figures for rural populations (available from =
the<SUP>=20
      </SUP>United Nations Development Programme) and the epidemiology =
of<SUP>=20
      </SUP>the disease, we estimate that the "at risk" seronegative=20
      population<SUP> </SUP>(in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria) may =
be as=20
      high as 59<SUP> </SUP>million, with an annual incidence of illness =
of=20
      three million,<SUP> </SUP>fatalities up to 67 000, and up to three =
million=20
      reinfections<SUP> </SUP>(<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#TBL=
1">table=20
      1</A>). Until a complete picture of Lassa fever is known,<SUP> =
</SUP>these=20
      are rough estimates. Comparable data are unavailable for<SUP> =
</SUP>the=20
      other countries where seropositivity has been recorded.<SUP> =
</SUP>
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                <TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft><B>Table 1</B> Estimates =
of=20
                  seropositivity and mortality from Lassa fever in =
Guinea,=20
                  Nigeria, and Sierra Leone (values are numbers of =
people unless=20
                  stated otherwise)
                  =
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      <P>Peace keepers within Sierra Leone have been affected by =
Lassa<SUP>=20
      </SUP>fever.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
17">17</A></SUP>=20
      Case records in Kenema for July-September 2002 show<SUP> </SUP>11=20
      admissions from the Sierra Leone army and 10 from the United<SUP>=20
      </SUP>Nations mission in Sierra Leone, with one death in each =
group.<SUP>=20
      </SUP>
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            =
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L"><IMG=20
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assa=20
      fever presents with symptoms and signs indistinguishable<SUP> =
</SUP>from=20
      those of febrile illnesses such as malaria and other viral<SUP>=20
      </SUP>haemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola. It is difficult to =
diagnose<SUP>=20
      </SUP>clinically but should be suspected in patients with fever =
(<IMG=20
      alt=3D">=3D" src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/math/ge.gif" =
border=3D0>38=B0C) not=20
      responding adequately to antimalarial<SUP> </SUP>and antibiotic =
drugs (<A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#TBL=
2">table=20
      2</A>). The most useful clinical predictors<SUP> </SUP>of Lassa =
fever are=20
      fever, pharyngitis, retrosternal pain, and<SUP> </SUP>proteinuria =
for=20
      diagnosis; and fever, sore throat, and vomiting<SUP> </SUP>for=20
      outcome.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
15">15</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
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                  onmouseover=3D"window.status=3D'View table in a =
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                <TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft><B>Table 2</B> Clinical =
stages of=20
                  Lassa fever (adapted from McCarthy 2002<SUP><A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
18">18</A></SUP>)
                  =
<P></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>&nbsp=
;<BR><SUP></SUP>
      <P>Complications include mucosal bleeding (17%), =
sensorineural<SUP>=20
      </SUP>hearing deficit (4%), pleural effusion (3%), and =
pericardial<SUP>=20
      </SUP>effusion (2%).<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
15">15</A></SUP>=20
      The outcome is related to the degree of viraemia,<SUP> </SUP>not =
the=20
      antibody response, and is worse with high levels of<SUP> =
</SUP>aspartate=20
      aminotransferase.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
4">4</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P>On the basis of a case series of 140 men and 128 women =
admitted<SUP>=20
      </SUP>in Kenema during 2001, the duration of illness can vary=20
      considerably<SUP> </SUP>(table B on bmj.com). The commonest =
interval=20
      between onset of<SUP> </SUP>symptoms and discharge was 17 days =
(half of=20
      the patients were<SUP> </SUP>in hospital for 10 days) and between =
onset=20
      and death was five<SUP> </SUP>days (half died within two days of=20
      admission). Delays between<SUP> </SUP>onset and admission resulted =
in most=20
      patients not receiving<SUP> </SUP>ribavirin within the critical =
first six=20
      days. These data add<SUP> </SUP>to the uncertainty surrounding =
diagnosis=20
      and lethality.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Laboratory investigation</STRONG><BR>At hospital =
admission,=20
      most patients have antibodies to the<SUP> </SUP>virus (53% with =
IgG and=20
      67% with IgM).<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
4">4</A></SUP>=20
      Together, enzyme linked<SUP> </SUP>immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) =
for Lassa=20
      virus antigen and for<SUP> </SUP>virus IgM are 88% sensitive and =
90%=20
      specific for acute infection.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
19">19</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>Other effects of illness include lymphocytopenia and a =
moderate<SUP>=20
      </SUP>thrombocytopenia, which are maximal 10-11 days after the =
onset<SUP>=20
      </SUP>of symptoms.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
20">20</A></SUP>=20
      The thrombocytopenia is associated with a serum<SUP> =
</SUP>inhibitor and=20
      with the occurrence of haemorrhage, depression<SUP> </SUP>of =
platelet=20
      aggregation, and the severity of Lassa fever.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
21">21</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>With reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, =
Lassa<SUP>=20
      </SUP>fever can be diagnosed in all patients by the third day of=20
      illness,<SUP> </SUP>but immunoflourescence identifies only 52% of =
the=20
      patients.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
22">22</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Clinical management</STRONG><BR>All suspected cases =
should be=20
      admitted to isolation facilities.<SUP> </SUP>Hospital transmission =
occurs=20
      through inadequate infection control<SUP> </SUP>measures.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
23">23</A></SUP>=20
      Strict isolation of cases and procedures for handling<SUP> =
</SUP>body=20
      fluids and excreta must be maintained.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
2">2</A></SUP><SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Treatment</STRONG><BR>Ribavirin and general support are =

      needed.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
24">24</A></SUP>=20
      Ribavirin is almost<SUP> </SUP>twice as effective when given =
intravenously=20
      as when taken orally,<SUP> </SUP>and if given within six days of =
the start=20
      of illness it may<SUP> </SUP>reduce deaths by 90%. Dehydration, =
oedema,=20
      hypotension, and<SUP> </SUP>poor renal function are common; fluid=20
      replacement or the use<SUP> </SUP>of blood transfusion requires =
careful=20
      monitoring.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Surveillance and disease =
control</STRONG><BR>Surveillance=20
      should identify all close contacts of the patients<SUP> </SUP>for =
three=20
      weeks after the start of illness, and a search initiated<SUP> =
</SUP>for=20
      unreported or undiagnosed cases.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      Two areas of concern are,<SUP> </SUP>firstly, the treatment of =
undiagnosed=20
      cases in hospitals where<SUP> </SUP>overcrowding and poor hygiene =
can=20
      spread the disease to other<SUP> </SUP>patients, staff, or =
visitors; and,=20
      secondly, traditional burial<SUP> </SUP>ceremonies for infected =
corpses,=20
      with the possible risk of spread<SUP> </SUP>to many people.<SUP> =
</SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Vaccine</STRONG><BR>Production of a combined, single =
dose=20
      vaccine against yellow<SUP> </SUP>fever and Lassa fever has been=20
      proposed.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
25">25</A></SUP>=20
      The cost and logistical<SUP> </SUP>problems of delivering it would =
be=20
      huge, particularly since<SUP> </SUP>fewer than 20% of districts in =
the=20
      countries studied achieve<SUP> </SUP>80% uptake of childhood=20
      vaccination.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
2">2</A></SUP>=20
      Use for visitors from<SUP> </SUP>the United Nations, =
non-governmental=20
      organisations, and business<SUP> </SUP>communities might make it=20
      financially viable, even though it<SUP> </SUP>is the most =
expensive of the=20
      possible control strategies.<SUP> </SUP>
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          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
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            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#top=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BDY=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Introduction<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
1"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Method of review<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
2"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Epidemiology<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 hspace=3D5 =

            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT color=3D#464c53>Community =
perspectives</FONT><BR><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
5"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Research needs<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BIB=
L"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            =
border=3D0>References<BR></A></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>C=
ivil=20
      unrest severs supply and trading links, and people want<SUP> =
</SUP>for=20
      basic commodities. Migration disrupts agricultural cycles,<SUP>=20
      </SUP>reduces farming activities, and encourages looting, =
killing<SUP>=20
      </SUP>of livestock, and destruction of property. People are =
forced<SUP>=20
      </SUP>into overcrowded camps and public buildings, and spread of=20
      communicable<SUP> </SUP>diseases is facilitated.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P>Adverse influences of Lassa fever on socioeconomic =
wellbeing<SUP>=20
      </SUP>are mediated through the inability of patients to care for=20
      themselves<SUP> </SUP>and their dependants, the high death rate in =

      hospital, nosocomial<SUP> </SUP>transmission to staff and the =
subsequent=20
      loss of service, and<SUP> </SUP>the occurrence of hearing loss =
through=20
      clinical and subclinical<SUP> </SUP>infection.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Knowledge, attitude, and practice =
survey</STRONG><BR>During=20
      2001, a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey was<SUP> =
</SUP>undertaken=20
      in Kenema among 813 men and 867 women in four camps<SUP> </SUP>for =

      internally displaced people and eight primary health units.<SUP> =
</SUP>The=20
      survey revealed a reasonable knowledge of Lassa fever, its<SUP> =
</SUP>mode=20
      of transmission, control measures, and the seriousness<SUP> =
</SUP>of the=20
      disease. However, there were some worrying gaps in =
application<SUP>=20
      </SUP>of this knowledge, such as inappropriate actions after =
killing<SUP>=20
      </SUP>rats (see fig C on bmj.com). This was demonstrated by the=20
      occurrence<SUP> </SUP>of an outbreak of 823 cases, including 153 =
deaths=20
      (case fatality<SUP> </SUP>rate 19%), from January 1996 to April =
1997,=20
      after an extensive<SUP> </SUP>outreach programme.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
1">1</A></SUP>=20
      The need for greater understanding of the<SUP> </SUP>perceptions =
and=20
      beliefs of the local population became apparent.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><STRONG>Qualitative study</STRONG><BR>A small pilot study (of =
23=20
      people) was undertaken through focus<SUP> </SUP>groups and =
interviews in=20
      2002. The major concerns related to<SUP> </SUP>
      <P>
      <UL type=3DDISC>
        <LI>Effective rodent control ("We have a rat which happens to =
be<SUP>=20
        </SUP>the sweetest meat, and you tell that person not to eat =
that<SUP>=20
        </SUP>meat because it creates Lassa fever")<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>People understood that<SUP> </SUP>Lassa fever can be =
contracted=20
        through<SUP> </SUP>contact with an affected<SUP> =
</SUP>person=97this leads=20
        to patients<SUP> </SUP>and their families being<SUP> =
</SUP>isolated and=20
        stigmatised ("When my<SUP> </SUP>wife was admitted to Lassa<SUP> =

        </SUP>ward, well, it was not only an economic<SUP> =
</SUP>depression, it=20
        also<SUP> </SUP>created social embarrassment, because my<SUP>=20
        </SUP>children no longer<SUP> </SUP>go to other houses, to their =

        relatives")<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Early diagnosis is<SUP> </SUP>impeded by the absence of a =
diagnostic=20
        test<SUP> </SUP>for use in the community<SUP> </SUP>and =
difficulties=20
        reaching health facilities<SUP> </SUP>("No, no, what are<SUP> =
</SUP>you=20
        trying to tell me? I don't want you to<SUP> </SUP>be guessing in =

        Lassa....<SUP> </SUP>As far as Lassa is concerned, you have<SUP> =

        </SUP>to be very much more<SUP> </SUP>serious, you don't have to =
be=20
        hypothetical,<SUP> </SUP>you have to correct<SUP> </SUP>in your=20
        diagnosis when you are treating<SUP> </SUP>Lassa fever... we =
need<SUP>=20
        </SUP>a lab." "In the rainy seasons, the river<SUP> </SUP>runs, =
there is=20
        no means<SUP> </SUP>of transportation. Others, the location<SUP> =

        </SUP>of the health facility<SUP> </SUP>is so far away, there is =
no=20
        ambulance<SUP> </SUP>service to transport the<SUP> =
</SUP>sick")<SUP>=20
        </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Many people are unlikely to seek medical care if they<SUP>=20
        </SUP>suspect<SUP> </SUP>they have Lassa fever: treatment is =
expensive=20
        and can<SUP> </SUP>usually<SUP> </SUP>be afforded only by =
sacrificing=20
        necessities such as<SUP> </SUP>food and<SUP> </SUP>school fees =
("There=20
        will be lots of gossiping, because<SUP> </SUP>there<SUP> =
</SUP>is no=20
        money at home and no food at home, you have to go<SUP> </SUP>to=20
        friends<SUP> </SUP>to get you some food, so you can help the=20
        children,<SUP> </SUP>or to take<SUP> </SUP>to the =
hospital")<SUP>=20
        </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Belief in traditional remedies<SUP> </SUP>and mistrust of =
treatment=20
        offered<SUP> </SUP>at the hospital were described<SUP> =
</SUP>("There are=20
        certain people in<SUP> </SUP>the community we live in, they<SUP> =

        </SUP>believe in herbs, in going to<SUP> </SUP>the bush to get =
some tea=20
        herbs...<SUP> </SUP>they think herbs can mend<SUP> </SUP>them" =
"People=20
        don't go to medical<SUP> </SUP>facilities... especially =
when<SUP>=20
        </SUP>they say they have Lassa fever,<SUP> </SUP>they will be =
given=20
        injections<SUP> </SUP>to kill them")<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Miscarriage is<SUP> </SUP>blamed on the woman, is often =
attributed=20
        to witchcraft,<SUP> </SUP>and<SUP> </SUP>commonly leads to =
divorce=20
        ("People class you as a witch<SUP> </SUP>because<SUP> </SUP>you =
have=20
        aborted")<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Deafness was described as a social embarrassment<SUP> =
</SUP>and as=20
        having<SUP> </SUP>a catastrophic effect on family =
relationships<SUP>=20
        </SUP>("She is now like<SUP> </SUP>someone who is crazy, stupid, =
because=20
        she<SUP> </SUP>has lost her hearing<SUP> </SUP>sense").<SUP>=20
        </SUP><BR></LI></UL><SUP></SUP>
      <P>Many of these factors lead to social exclusion.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><A name=3DSEC5><!-- null --></A><BR clear=3Dright>
      <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D"100%" =
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        <TR>
          <TD vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"5%" =
bgColor=3D#ffffff><IMG=20
            height=3D21 alt=3D"" hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/rarrow.gif" =
width=3D10></TD>
          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
            size=3D+2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Research needs =
</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
      <TABLE cellPadding=3D5 align=3Dright border=3D1>
        <TBODY>
        <TR>
          <TH align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D-1><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#top=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BDY=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Introduction<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
1"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Method of review<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
2"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Epidemiology<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
4"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Community perspectives<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 =
hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT color=3D#464c53>Research needs</FONT><BR><A =

            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BIB=
L"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/darrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            =
border=3D0>References<BR></A></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nbsp;<BR>T=
he=20
      epidemiology of both rat and human populations requires<SUP> =
</SUP>urgent=20
      investigation if we are to understand this disease fully.<SUP> =
</SUP>It=20
      could be done through developing<SUP> </SUP>
      <P>
      <UL type=3DDISC>
        <LI>International collaboration over research<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>A map of the complete<SUP> </SUP>epidemiological and =
clinical=20
        story<SUP> </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Involvement of the communities<SUP> </SUP>affected<SUP> =
</SUP><BR>
        <LI>Effective and affordable diagnostic kits and treatment<SUP>=20
        </SUP><BR>
        <LI>Efficient and effective specialist treatment centres<SUP> =
</SUP><BR>
        <LI>An<SUP> </SUP>effective and affordable vaccine to control =
the=20
        infection<SUP> </SUP>in<SUP> </SUP>its natural habitat, protect=20
        international visitors, and<SUP> </SUP>deter<SUP> </SUP>the use =
of the=20
        virus as an agent of biological warfare.<SUP>=20
      </SUP><BR></LI></UL><SUP></SUP>
      <P>The terrorist attack in New York on 11 September 2001 and =
the<SUP>=20
      </SUP>subsequent anthrax attacks served to alert governments to =
the<SUP>=20
      </SUP>potential of biological agents as weapons. A special =
report<SUP>=20
      </SUP>in the <I>Lancet</I> signposts increased funding for the =
National=20
      Institute<SUP> </SUP>for Allergy and Infectious Disease and its =
blueprint=20
      for research,<SUP> </SUP>including Lassa fever.<SUP><A=20
      =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#REF=
18">18</A></SUP>=20
      Thus, the need for a greater understanding<SUP> </SUP>of Lassa =
fever and=20
      for more effective control and treatment<SUP> </SUP>programmes has =
assumed=20
      a higher profile. The time is ripe for<SUP> </SUP>a concerted=20
      international effort to achieve these ends.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><BR clear=3Dall>
      <CENTER>
      <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D"95%" border=3D1>
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                <TD vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dleft =
bgColor=3D#ffffff><B>Additional=20
                  educational resources</B>
                  <P>Merlin. Lassa fever publications=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.merlin.org.uk/template7.asp?PageID=3D178">www.merlin.o=
rg.uk/template7.asp?PageID=3D178</A>
                  <P>WHO<SUP> </SUP>Information. Fact sheets: Lassa =
fever=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact179.html">www.who.int/inf-fs/en/=
fact179.html</A>
                  <P>WHO<SUP> </SUP>Communicable Disease Surveillance =
and=20
                  Response (CSR). Lassa<SUP> </SUP>fever=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.who.int/csr/disease/lassafever/en/">www.who.int/csr/di=
sease/lassafever/en/</A>
                  <P>WHO Communicable<SUP> </SUP>Disease Surveillance =
and=20
                  Response (CSR). Disease outbreaks:<SUP> </SUP>Lassa =
fever=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/disease/A96.2.htm">www.w=
ho.int/disease-outbreak-news/disease/A96.2.htm</A>
                  <P>CDC.<SUP> </SUP>Infectious disease information: =
viral=20
                  hemorrhagic fever=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/virlfvr/virlfvr.htm">www.cdc.g=
ov/ncidod/diseases/virlfvr/virlfvr.htm</A>
                  <P>Health<SUP> </SUP>Protection Agency. Viral =
haemorrhagic=20
                  fever (VHF)=97<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/VHF/menu.htm">www.hpa.=
org.uk/infections/topics_az/VHF/menu.htm</A>
                  <P>National<SUP> </SUP>Institute of Allergy and =
Infectious=20
                  Diseases. <I>NIAID biodefense<SUP> </SUP>research =
agenda for=20
                  CDC category A agents</I>. Bethesda, MD: US<SUP>=20
                  </SUP>Department of Health and Human Services, =
National=20
                  Institutes<SUP> </SUP>of Health, 2002 (<A=20
                  =
href=3D"http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/research/biotresearchagenda.p=
df">www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/research/biotresearchagenda.pdf</A>).
                  =
<P></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER><BR=20
      clear=3Dall><SUP></SUP>
      <P>
      <P>
      <HR align=3Dleft width=3D"30%" noShade SIZE=3D1>
      <A name=3D""><!-- null --></A><SUP></SUP><BR clear=3Dright><IMG =
height=3D37=20
      =
src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/content/vol327/issue7426/images/medium/=
webplus.f2.gif"=20
      width=3D50 border=3D0><I>Figs A-C and tables A and B on =
bmj.com<SUP>=20
      </SUP>provide details about Lassa fever in Sierra Leone</I><SUP> =
</SUP>
      <P><A name=3D""><!-- null --></A>This article is based on the =
Merlin=20
      document <I>`Licking' Lassa<SUP> </SUP>fever</I>. We are grateful =
for=20
      comments on drafts from Dr Edward<SUP> </SUP>Coyle, director of =
Wales=20
      Centre for Health, Cardiff, and Professor<SUP> </SUP>T Cullinan, =
TB health=20
      adviser for Merlin, London.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><A name=3D""><!-- null --></A>Funding: <I>`Licking' Lassa =
fever</I> was=20
      produced under a grant from<SUP> </SUP>the Rockefeller =
Foundation.<SUP>=20
      </SUP>
      <P><A name=3D""><!-- null --></A>Competing interests: JKR was =
employed by=20
      Merlin in 2002 as country<SUP> </SUP>medical coordinator in Sierra =
Leone=20
      and as main author and collator<SUP> </SUP>of the paper =
`<I>Licking' Lassa=20
      fever</I>. DJB is employed by Merlin<SUP> </SUP>as a health =
adviser with=20
      responsibility for Sierra Leone.<SUP> </SUP>
      <P><A name=3DBIBL><!-- null --></A><BR clear=3Dright>
      <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 width=3D"100%" =
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        <TBODY>
        <TR>
          <TD vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"5%" =
bgColor=3D#ffffff><IMG=20
            height=3D21 alt=3D"" hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/rarrow.gif" =
width=3D10></TD>
          <TH vAlign=3Dcenter align=3Dleft width=3D"95%"><FONT =
color=3D#63ceff=20
            size=3D+2>&nbsp;&nbsp; References =
</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
      <TABLE cellPadding=3D5 align=3Dright border=3D1>
        <TBODY>
        <TR>
          <TH align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D-1><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#top=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Top<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#BDY=
"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Introduction<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
1"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Method of review<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
2"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Epidemiology<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
3"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Clinical course<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
4"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Community perspectives<BR></A><A=20
            =
href=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7426/1271?eaf#SEC=
5"><IMG=20
            height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/uarrow.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0>Research needs<BR></A><IMG height=3D9 hspace=3D5=20
            src=3D"http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/icons/toc/dot.gif" =
width=3D11=20
            border=3D0><FONT=20
        =
color=3D#464c53>References</FONT><BR></FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>&nb=
sp;<BR>
      <OL><A name=3DREF1><!-- null --></A>
        <LI value=3D1><SUP></SUP>World Health Organization. <I>WHO Lassa =
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=0A=
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=0A=
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}=0A=
=0A=
window.onerror =3D google_error_handler;=0A=
=0A=
if (window.google_ad_frameborder =3D=3D null) {=0A=
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}=0A=
=0A=
if (window.google_ad_output =3D=3D null) {=0A=
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}=0A=
=0A=
if (window.google_ad_format =3D=3D null && window.google_ad_output =
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}=0A=
=0A=
if (window.google_page_url =3D=3D null) {=0A=
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1000;=0A=
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=0A=
google_show_ad();=0A=
=0A=

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