Lassa Fever Immune Plasma.
Abstract
One hundred forty-one Lassa Fever Immune Plasma (LFIP)Units have been obtained by plasmapheresis in the last 12 months; 59 have been forwarded to USAMRIID and 16 more are awaiting shipment to the United States. Virological and serological testing for Lassa Fever (LF) at Curran Lutheran Hospital and at Phebe Hospital has identified 51 cases of LF and 86 of presumptive LF at the two institutions. LV was isolated from 16 of these patients. Surveys for the prevalence of LF has been conducted at Taninahun and Kondonbengu, in Lofa County, with prevalences of 2.1% and 2.5% found in them, respectively. The prevalences in these 'bush' villages may be compared with an average of 4.7% in two roadside villages in the same district surveyed a year ago. The use of LFIP in the treatment of patients under controlled conditions has been started at CLH; virus isolation to monitor the success of treatment have not been completed so far. Originator-supplied keywords include: Lassa Fever, Lassa Fever, Epidemiology of, Lassa Fever Immune Plasma, Lassa Fever, Immunology, Lassa Fever, Occurance of, Liberia, Lassa Fever in, Plasmapheresis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA152364
Entities
People
- J. D. Frame
Organizations
- Columbia University