An resident of iowa accident United States is believed to dial due to Lassa fever early seen virus in the US 13 cases disc can cause permanent hearing loss and pregnant women infected up to 95% can miscarry.
the health official site that the person who hasn’t been publicly identified had recently travelled to West Africa where the virus originated and can be found in the regions of rats.
After winning to United States from West Africa earlier this month the infected person has been hospitalized and kept in isolation at the University of iowa Health Care Medical Centre before his death.
On Monday it was revealed that the resident of iowa was positive for Lassa fever preliminary test was conducted by the Nebraska Laboratory Response Network.
It is mark only the 9th case of the viral disease in the United State since 1969 the year it was first documented in Lassa Nigeria.
The US Centre for Disease Control in prevention is assisting local health officials who were identified as the close contact of the patient after the begin to feel symptoms The CDC official said that the patient did not feel any symptom while he was traveling so the fellow travellers are not been screened them as the risk is extremely low.
Official monitor animal who is identify coming in close contact with the disease patient for approx. 21 days.
According to a CDC symptoms include fever, fatigue and headache in normal cases but in severe cases they can feel symptoms like bleeding difficulty, breathing, vomiting, facial swelling, shock and pain in the chest and abdomen.
As per the CDC the Lassa fever can cause permanent hearing loss among the patient with both normal and severe cases about 1 in 3 cases experiencing various levels of hearing loss.
It is very risky for the pregnant women as a 95% infected pregnant women can lose their pregnancy and the fetus.
Those who were infected with the Lassa fever start begin to experience symptoms within 1 to 3 weeks of contracting the viral illness.
The illness cannot be spread in the air it’s spread only when the infected person get into contact with another person through casual contacts like hugging or shaking hands.
According to CDC the virus is mostly spread by rodent specially specifically West African multimammate rats and their feces and urine, It can be also spread through the body food of an infected person who came into contact of others normal individuals.
According to the preliminary info the investigator belief that the patient from iowa had came in contact with the west African rats.
As per the numbers the West Africa sees about 100000 to 300000 cases of Lassa Fever, and an average death count of 5000 due to this virus.