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| Magnitude of renal problem in fatal cases of Lassa fever: A summary on existed reports |
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Sora Yasri1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Biological Science, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria
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| Date of Submission | 23-Mar-2018 |
| Date of Acceptance | 29-Mar-2018 |
| Date of Web Publication | 27-Dec-2018 |
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How to cite this article:
Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. Magnitude of renal problem in fatal cases of Lassa fever: A summary on existed reports. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2018;29:1518 |
How to cite this URL:
Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. Magnitude of renal problem in fatal cases of Lassa fever: A summary on existed reports. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2018 [cited 2021 Jan 18];29:1518. Available from: https://www.sjkdt.org/text.asp?2018/29/6/1518/248319 |
To the Editor,
The Lassa fever is an important emerging public health problem in Africa at present (2018). There is a possibility of a wide epidemic. The disease can result in hemorrhagic fever with a high mortality rate. Renal involvement is possible and not uncommon. Here, the authors try to summarize the magnitude of renal problem in Lassa fever based on the existed data in the previous reports. According to the literature, there are at least two reports on renal pathology in 27 fatal cases of Lassa fever.[3],[4] The renal pathology could be detected in all cases. The observed pathological findings include tubular necrosis, glomerular sclerosis, and interstitial nephritis, but there is no observation on ischemic pathology. For viral isolation, virus was detected in eight cases. Conclusively, the renal pathology is very common in the death cases of Lassa fever.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
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| 3. | Winn WC Jr., Walker DH. The pathology of human Lassa fever. Bull World Health Organ 1975:52:535-45. |
| 4. | Walker DH, McCormick JB, Johnson KM, et al. Pathologic and virologic study of fatal Lassa fever in man. Am J Pathol 1982:107: 349-56. |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sora Yasri
KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.248319 PMID: 30588991 
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