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This communication is the third in a four-part series on nosocomial viral infections from the Strong Memorial Hospital. This third article discusses guidelines for prevention and control of exanthematous viruses, gastroenteritis, viruses, adenoviruses and the picornaviruses other than rhinoviruses. Several uncommonly seen viruses, such as the virus of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Marburg, Ebola, and Lassa fever viruses, also are reviewed briefly.
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PMID:Nosocomial viral infections: III. Guidelines for prevention and control of exanthematous viruses, gastroenteritis viruses, picornaviruses, and uncommonly seen viruses. 626 Jun 99

In a study to assess the epidemiological and clinical aspects of endemic Lassa fever (LF) in Liberia at Curran Lutheran Hospital (CLH), 44 cases were diagnosed by virological and serological techniques over a 22-month period. During one calendar month, testing of febrile patients admitted to the medical-surgical ward revealed six cases of LF, 13% of all febrile cases and 17% of those who were tested. As the study progressed the diagnostic skills of the hospital staff improved. The most common mistake was the diagnosis of a case of LF as pneumonia; the most potentially serious diagnostic problem was differentiating LF from typhoid fever, a readily treatable infection. LF may also mimic other diseases such as aseptic meningitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, gastroenteritis or arbovirus infection. We found a previously unreported symptom of LF, rib tenderness typical of costochondritis. The mortality rate in the medical-surgical ward was 5.4%; the over-all case-fatality rate was 13.6%. Women outnumbered men by nearly three to one, and had a higher mortality particularly noted in the pregnant. LF is common at CLH, and as many as 100 cases may occur annually at this hospital.
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PMID:Endemic Lassa fever in Liberia. I. Clinical and epidemiological aspects at Curran Lutheran Hospital, Zorzor, Liberia. 648 62