NO Lassa fever case in NL

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Topic: NO Lassa fever case in NL

Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Subject: NO Lassa fever case in NL
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 12:10am

DJ, ONE person in NL was found to be-most likely-infected with Lassa fever. He returned from West Africa. (No links yet in English)

In 2019 NL had two imported cases; https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/rapid-risk-assessment-cases-lassa-fever-netherlands-ex-sierra-leone - https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/rapid-risk-assessment-cases-lassa-fever-netherlands-ex-sierra-leone or https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/rapid-risk-assessment-cases-lassa-fever-netherlands-ex-sierra-leone ;On 20 and 24 November 2019, respectively, the Dutch public health authorities confirmed two imported cases of Lassa fever from Sierra Leone. Both were Dutch healthcare workers who worked in a rural hospital in Sierra Leone. EU/EEA travellers or EU/EEA citizens residing in Sierra Leone should be informed of the risk of exposure to Lassa virus, particularly in areas where Mastomys spp. rodents are present and during the main transmission season (roughly from November until April).

DJ A Dutch link https://nos.nl/artikel/2559446-straten-in-heemskerk-urenlang-afgezet-vanwege-mogelijke-besmetting-met-lassavirus - https://nos.nl/artikel/2559446-straten-in-heemskerk-urenlang-afgezet-vanwege-mogelijke-besmetting-met-lassavirus or https://nos.nl/artikel/2559446-straten-in-heemskerk-urenlang-afgezet-vanwege-mogelijke-besmetting-met-lassavirus

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Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 12:14am

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-in-heemskerk-mogelijk-besmetting-met-lassavirus - https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-in-heemskerk-mogelijk-besmetting-met-lassavirus or https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-in-heemskerk-mogelijk-besmetting-met-lassavirus ;

Someone who may be carrying a highly contagious disease walked into a general practice in Heemskerk tonight. The area has been widely cordoned off by emergency services

This concerns Broekpolder general practice at the Steenhouwerskwartier. A spokesperson for the Kennemerland Safety Region says that a male patient has been isolated in the building. “A special ambulance team is on the way to transport him.

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“He came in with a general malaise and felt ill. That's what the doctor came to.”
Kennemerland Safety Region Spokesperson

Which disease the patient is infected with is currently still unclear. “He came in with a general malaise and felt ill. That's what the doctor called for.”

Many emergency services available

According to NH reporter Thomas Jak, the police are blocking the Laan van Broekpolder. “There are also a lot of fire vans and the street is lined with ribbons. Many local residents are on the street. There is no panic, everyone is calm.”

Local residents tell Jak that people still came out of the building around 7 p.m. “They were told that someone with a highly contagious disease was in the general practice

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-heeft-mogelijk-tropische-ziekte-in-contact-geweest-met-vijf-anderen - https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-heeft-mogelijk-tropische-ziekte-in-contact-geweest-met-vijf-anderen or https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346650/besmette-man-heeft-mogelijk-tropische-ziekte-in-contact-geweest-met-vijf-anderen

Patient was in contact with 5 other people-those people will be monitored

DJ Heemskerk is NW of Amsterdam/North of Haarlem

Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 12:18am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever ;

Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever, is a type of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hemorrhagic_fever - viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_virus - Lassa virus .^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-Lassa_fever-3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-4 - The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease - disease is usually initially spread to people via contact with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine - urine or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feces - feces of an infected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimammate_mouse - multimammate mouse .^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-WHO2016-1 -}}

2025 outbreak

[ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lassa_fever&action=edit&section=22 - edit ]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 214 Lassa fever cases, 39 deaths in 2025, which increased compared to that reported for the same period in 2024.^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-66 - -}

The Lassa virus is one of several viruses identified by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization - WHO as a likely cause of a future epidemic. They therefore list it for urgent research and development to develop new diagnostic tests, vaccines, and medicines.^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-70 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-71 - In 2007, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGA_Technologies - SIGA Technologies , studied a medication in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig - guinea pig with Lassa fever.^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-72 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_fever#cite_note-73 -}}

Posted By: Dutch Josh 2
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2025 at 2:07am

Malaria...not Lassa fever...

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346656/zieke-man-in-heemskerk-heeft-malaria-geen-risico-op-besmetting - https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346656/zieke-man-in-heemskerk-heeft-malaria-geen-risico-op-besmetting or https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/346656/zieke-man-in-heemskerk-heeft-malaria-geen-risico-op-besmetting ;

Infected man does not appear to have a tropical disease after all

The man from Heemskerk, who was quarantined after a visit to the doctor on Thursday evening due to a possible tropical illness, does not appear to have it. This is what the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) tells RTL

The 37-year-old man walked into the general practice in Heemskerk last night with complaints. Because the man had been in a West African country and had symptoms that may be related to a tropical illness, he was quarantined and taken to hospital.

Three health center employees and two ambulance workers had also come into contact with the man, but were allowed to return home the same evening.

DJ, Malaria is more widespread then only tropics...