Lassa Fever found in UK for the first time in 13 years after two cases identified and a third suspected Lassa Fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus. In the wake of the Ebola crisis of 20142016 the.
Two cases of Lassa Fever have been detected in England after recently.

. But the virus which can make women bleed from their vagina and trigger seizures can also be transmitted via bodily fluids. Health officials revealed the infected patients are members of the same family who live. CASES of Lassa Fever have been found in the UK after a family travelled to West Africa.
Two people from the East of England caught the disease with a third person being monitored by health chiefs. Two cases of Lassa fever have been detected in Britain among people who recently returned from West Africa. Two cases of Ebola-like Lassa fever recorded in UK Sky News 1934 9-Feb-22 Police investigating partygate allegations to contact more than 50 people by end of this Lincolnshire Live 1933 9-Feb-22.
Lassa fever is of concern due to the severity of symptoms risk of death and concern over the potential of the virus as a bioweapon.