A healthcare worker in Sierra Leone develops fever, headache, sore throat, myalgia, and vomiting 10 days after contact with a patient who later died o...

Question

A healthcare worker in Sierra Leone develops fever, headache, sore throat, myalgia, and vomiting 10 days after contact with a patient who later died of a haemorrhagic illness. She has facial oedema and conjunctival injection. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Lassa fever

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Ebola virus disease

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Marburg virus disease

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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

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Yellow fever

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Lassa Fever

A healthcare worker in Sierra Leone develops fever, headache, sore throat, myalgia, and vomiting 10 days after contact with a patient who later died of a haemorrhagic illness. She has facial oedema and conjunctival injection. What is the most likely diagnosis?