Lassa fever

Las·sa fever  (läs, ls)

n.

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.

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[After Lassa, a village of northeast Nigeria.]

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Lassa fever

n

(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