Public health response to two imported, epidemiologically related cases of Lassa fever in the Netherlands (ex Sierra Leone), November 2019

Overbosch, F.; Boer, M. de; Veldkamp, K.E.; Ellerbroek, P.; Bleeker-Rovers, C.P.; Goorhuis, B.; ... ; Lassa Fever Response Team Netherla (2020)

Article / Letter to editor

On 20 November 2019, Lassa fever was diagnosed in a physician repatriated from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands. A second physician with suspected Lassa fever, repatriated a few days later from the same healthcare facility, was confirmed infected with Lassa virus on 21 November. Comprehensive contact monitoring involving high- and low-risk contacts proved to be feasible and follow-up of the contacts did not reveal any case of secondary transmission in the Netherlands.

• All authors: Overbosch, F.; Boer, M. de; Veldkamp, K.E.; Ellerbroek, P.; Bleeker-Rovers, C.P.; Goorhuis, B.; Vugt, M. van; Eijk, A. van der; Leenstra, T.; Khargi, M.; Ros, J.; Brandwagt, D.; Haverkate, M.; Swaan, C.; Reusken, C.; Timen, A.; Koopmans, M.; Dissel, J. van; Lassa Fever Response Team Netherla
• Date: 2020-04-16
• Journal: Eurosurveillance
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 6 - 10
• DOI: doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000265
• Link: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15...