Maintenance Support of a Field Station in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Abstract

The Lassa Fever Research Project has been operating in Sierra Leone, west Africa, since 1976 as a collaborative project of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and the United States Army Medical R&D Command, USAMRIID. The Project has studied Lassa fever and the epidemiology of the virus in the Eastern Province with study sites in three locations. During this funding period, two Hospitals have been the focus of clinical activity, Nixon Memorial Hospital in Segbwema and later, Panguma Catholic Hospital in Panguma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254536

Entities

People

  • Brian W. Mahy

Organizations

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Blood
  • Cell Line
  • Cells
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Geographic Regions
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lassa Fever
  • Medical Personnel
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • Viruses
  • West Africa

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).