
This 1977 image depicts the “barrier nursing” practiced on the male patient Lassa fever ward in Segbwema, Sierra Leone. The cause of Lassa fever was found to be the Lassa virus, named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases originated. This Arenaviridae member is zoonotic, or animal-borne, and is a single-stranded RNA virus. This image was created in 1977 and provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [0004-0702-2123-1370] by 0004
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