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-About 15%-20% of hospitalized Lassa fever patients will die from the illness. It is estimated that the overall mortality rate is 1%, however during [[epidemic]]s mortality can climb as high as 50%.   Also the mortality rate is higher, greater than 80%, when it occurs in pregnant women during their third trimester; fetal death also occurs in nearly all those cases.  Abortion decreases the risk of death to the mother.
-Thanks to treatment with [[Ribavirin]], fatality rates are continuing to decline. Work on a vaccine is continuing, with multiple approaches showing positive results in animal trials.
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