Lassa fever

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Las·sa fever (lä

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An acute, often fatal viral disease endemic to West Africa and characterized by high fever, headache, ulcers of the mucous membranes, and disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract.

[After Lassa, a village of northeast Nigeria.]

Lassa fever

(Medicine / Pathology) a serious viral disease of Central West Africa, characterized by high fever and muscular pains

[named after Lassa, the village in Nigeria where it was first identified]

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Lassa fever - 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

haemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic fever, VHF, viral haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever - a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage

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