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From: Capacity building permitting comprehensive monitoring of a severe case of Lassa hemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone with a positive outcome: Case Report

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Map of Sierra Leone and expanded view of Eastern Province, with relevant localities and routes travelled by patients in the current case report. The Eastern Province of Sierra Leone is shown in the inset map with location of Sembehun, where all suspected Lassa fever cases in the current report originated, and the three localities where patients travelled to and from: Bo, Kenema, and Hangha. The inbound routes travelled by each patient are indicated in dotted lines, and outbound ones in solid lines. Three deaths from febrile illness in July were reported to the Outreach team during a local investigation in Sembehun following admission of G-1180 to KGH LFW. The travel history of a 69 year old female and her daughter from Sembehun to Hangha, and subsequently to Kenema, where she succumbed to a febrile illness without final diagnosis are highlighted. The 42 year old son of the 69 year old female reportedly succumbed to a similar febrile illness with hemorrhage on August 7 in Sembehun, without a final diagnosis. G-1180 was first transported to Ghondama clinic in Bo on September 1, after being referred by the local health post in Sembehun on August 30th with fever and general malaise. The patient was subsequently transported to KGH LFW on September 2nd after Lassa fever was suspected based on clinical presentation.

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