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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

What is Lassa fever?

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A hospital patient in Bedfordshire has died from a confirmed case of Lassa fever – the third case to be identified in the UK in the last few days.

All three cases of the potentially fatal disease are understood to be linked to recent travel to West Africa.

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