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Definition of Lassa fever

1. Noun. An acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon.

Definition of Lassa fever

1. Noun. (disease) An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lassa fever

1. A severe form of epidemic fever first identified in Lassa, Nigeria. It is caused by the Lassa virus, a member of Arenaviridae. The illness is characterised by high fever, sore throat, muscle aches, skin rash (with haemorrhages), headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. A rat serves as a reservoir for the illness, but person to person transmission is also reported. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Lassa fever

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1. Health Information for International Travel edited by Rosamond R. Dewart (1999)
"lassa fever Description lassa fever is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever that is caused by a virus transmitted from asymptomatically infected rodents ..."

2. Health Information for International Travel by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"lassa fever lassa fever is a severe, often fatal, hemorrhagic fever that occurs in rural areas of West Africa, and is caused by a virus transmitted from ..."

3. Health Information for International Travel (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"lassa fever lassa fever is a severe, often fatal, hemorrhagic fever that occurs in rural areas of West Africa, and is caused by a virus transmitted from ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Monath (1975) has stated that, "since illness resembling lassa fever has not been reported among scientists and auxiliary personnel working with mastomys, ..."

5. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"... (1 death) Machupo 1 (1 death) Ebola 1 Rodents are natural reservoirs of Lassa fever virus (Mastomys natalensis), Junin and Machupo viruses (Calomys spp. ..."

6. Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: Hearing Before edited by Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2001)
"Legionellosis and leptospirosis in Australia, lassa fever, yellow fever, hantavirus, listeriosis, and new variant CJD in Europe, and yellow fever, ..."

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