South Africa: Radiographer

Still waiting on the Radiographer’s test results
The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department is currently awaiting the blood test results of the patient who was admitted to St Augustine Hospital this week on suspicion of contracting the Arenavirus.The 29-year-old patient, who showed symptoms of the Arenavirus while on holiday in Durban on Saturday, is a radiographer employed [...]

South Africa: Another new case?

KZN radiographer in hospital
A radiographer has been admitted to Durban’s St Augustine’s hospital after displaying symptoms similar to those of the recently identified arenavirus, which led to the deaths of three people in Gauteng in the past three weeks.
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It was confirmed last night that the radiographer came into contact with the virus carriers while working [...]

South Africa: New virus case confirmed

A Morningside Medi-Clinic nurse is confirmed to have contracted the recently identified arenavirus, (Snip) In a statement, clinic spokesperson Melinda Pelser said the nursing sister was receiving treatment and her condition was stable on Monday afternoon.
On Sunday, health authorities announced a breakthrough in identifying the mystery virus, isolating it as a virus associated with multimammate [...]

South Africa: Mystery illness identified

12/10/2008 21:50  - (SA)  
Johannesburg – The mystery viral haemorrhagic fever which killed three people in South Africa has been provisionally identified as an arenavirus, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the Department of Health said on Sunday.
“The causative agent of the disease… may be a rodent-borne arenavirus related to the Lassa fever virus [...]