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

Femke Overbosch; Mark de Boer; Karin Ellen Veldkamp; Pauline Ellerbroek; Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers; Bram Goorhuis; Michele van Vugt; Annemiek van der Eijk; Tjalling Leenstra; Martin Khargi; Jeanette Ros; Diederik Brandwagt; Manon Haverkate; Corien Swaan; Chantal Reusken; Aura Timen; Marion Koopmans; Jaap van Dissel; null Lassa Fever Response Team Of The Netherlands

doi:https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000265

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

Femke Overbosch, Mark de Boer, Karin Ellen Veldkamp, Pauline Ellerbroek, Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers, Bram Goorhuis, Michele van Vugt, Annemiek van der Eijk, Tjalling Leenstra, Martin Khargi, Jeanette Ros, Diederik Brandwagt, Manon Haverkate, Corien Swaan, Chantal Reusken, Aura Timen, Marion Koopmans, Jaap van Dissel, Lassa Fever Response Team Of The Netherlands

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-10
Number of pages	5
Journal	Euro surveillance
Volume	25
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000265
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2020

Keywords

Lassa fever
health care workers
public health measures
the Netherlands

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Overbosch, F., de Boer, M., Veldkamp, K. E., Ellerbroek, P., Bleeker-Rovers, C. P., Goorhuis, B., van Vugt, M., van der Eijk, A., Leenstra, T., Khargi, M., Ros, J., Brandwagt, D., Haverkate, M., Swaan, C., Reusken, C., Timen, A., Koopmans, M., van Dissel, J., & Lassa Fever Response Team Of The Netherlands (2020). Public health response to two imported, epidemiologically related cases of Lassa fever in the Netherlands (ex Sierra Leone), November 2019. Euro surveillance, 25(15), 6-10. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000265

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