What are Lassa fever symptoms and signs? · fever, · malaise, · generalized weakness, · sore throat (very similar to strep throat and without runny nose), · severe ...FactsLassafeverfactsWhatIsWhatisLassafever?WhatisthehistoryofLassafever?CausesWhatarecausesandriskfactorsforLassafever?ContagiousIsLassafevercontagious?Ifso,whatisthecontagiousperiodforLassafever?WhenisLassafevernolongercontagious?WhatistheincubationperiodforLassafever?Symptoms/SignsWhatareLassafeversymptomsandsigns?DiagnosisHowdophysiciansdiagnoseLassafever?TreatmentWhatisthetreatmentforLassafever?Risk/ComplicationsWhatarecomplicationsforLassafever?PrognosisWhatistheprognosisofLassafever?VaccineIsitpossibletopreventLassafever?IsthereavaccineforLassafever?ResearchWhatresearchisbeingdoneonLassafever?WherecanpeoplefindmoreinformationonLassafever?CenterLassaFeverCenterMoreFindalocalInfectiousDiseaseSpecialistinyourtownLassafeverfactsPictureofLassafevervirusstructureLassafeverisoneofthehemorrhagicfeverviruseslikeEbolavirus,Marburgvirus,andothers.UnlikeEbolavirus,Lassafeverisnotascontagiouspersontoperson,norasdeadly.LassavirusistypicallytransmittedbytheurineorfecesofMastomysratstohumans.Healthworkersmaybeinfectedbydirectcontactwithblood,bodyfluids,urine,orstoolofapatientwithLassafever.LassafeveroccursprimarilyinWestAfricainareaswheretheserodentslive.Lassafeveroutbreaksoccureveryyear.ThenumberofpeopleinfectedpeaksbetweenDecemberandJune.AlargeoutbreakwasreportedbytheNigeriaCentreforDiseaseControlthatbeganearlyin2018.WhatisLassafever?LassafeverisanillnesscausedbyLassavirus,asingle-strandedRNAhemorrhagicfevervirusfromthefamilyArenaviridae.Itisanacutefebrileviralillnesslastingonetofourweeks,anditoccursinWestAfricaandsomeareasbeyond.LassaFeverTreatment&MedicationRibavirin(Rebetol,Copegus,Ribasphere,RibaPak,Moderiba)Ribavirinisanantiviraldrug.ItisusedincombinationwithinterferonforthetreatmentofchronichepatitisC.Althoughtheexactmechanismofitsactionisunknown,itisthoughttointerferewiththeproductionand/oractionofviralD