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Lassa fever |
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Lassa fever Noun a serious viral disease of Central West Africa, characterized by high fever and muscular pains [after Lassa, the Nigerian village where it was first identified]
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| The same RNA was tested in a multiplex PCR for VHF that used primers for detection of Zaire Ebola, Sudan Ebola, MARV, Lassa fever, Rift Valley fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Hantaan, Seoul, yellow fever, and Kyasanur Forest disease viruses (3) for differential diagnosis of VHF. Examples of this connection are rife: the importation of West Nile encephalitis into the United States in 1999, a patient with Lassa fever transported from West Africa to Chicago, protection from the threat of biological warfare. This is the site if one want to learn about lassa fever, gonorrhea, meningitis and other hard-to-spell diseases, but don't expect practical advice on care of chronic conditions other than HIV/AIDS. |
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