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Imported Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the UK since 1970

Table showing confirmed Lassa fever cases

Year of importation Imported from Case occupation
1971 Sierra Leone Nurse
1971 Sierra Leone Physician
1975 Nigeria Physician
1976 Nigeria Engineer
1981 Nigeria Teacher
1982 Nigeria Diplomat
1984 Sierra Leone Geologist
1985 Sierra Leone Nurse
2000 Sierra Leone Peacekeeper
2003 Sierra Leone Peacekeeper

2009 (1)

Nigeria

(visiting family)

2009 (2)

Mali

Working in remote rural area

 Notes

  • No case of Ebola or Marburg has ever been imported into the UK.
  • A fatal case of probable Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever was diagnosed in 1997 in an elderly person who had travelled to Zimbabwe.

Last reviewed: 23 April 2012