US man dies from Lassa fever

[WorldNews]

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A US man died of a rare African virus in New Jersey after returning from West Africa but the risk of contagion is very low, US health authorities said Tuesday. The man died of Lassa fever, New Jersey health authorities and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Although the virus triggers hemorrhagic symptoms, it differs from Ebola, which has caused an epidemic in West Africa over the past year and a half.

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