The First Imported Case of Lassa Fever — China, 2024
For cases with unclear diagnoses, healthcare providers should prioritize obtaining a detailed 30-day travel history to assess the potential risk of imported infectious diseases. Public health strategies in Africa must prioritize: 1) community-tailored health education campaigns, 2) enhanced syndromic surveillance coupled with pathogen-specific research, and 3) sustainable stockpiling of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for endemic infections alongside accelerated vaccine development pipelines.
Authors
- Song Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6387-9361)
- Yun Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8213-9716)
- Rongjie Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-3378)
- Yuliang Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-3837)
- Jiushun Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5848-2266)
- Yao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-7215)
- Dan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-9886)
- Jie Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9547-0512)
- Wei Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-9045)
- Hui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-5774)
- Xingyu Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-4997)
- Xintian Wen
- Shiyu Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-8368)
- Ke Yan
- Rongmeng Jiang
- Nijuan Xiang
- Jiandong Li
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Mianyang City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Beijing Ditan Hospital (CN)
- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- China CDC Weekly
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2025.066
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40