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Lassa virus

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Noun1.Lassa virus - the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever
arenavirus - animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
Arenaviridae - a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods


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The viral haemorrhagic fevers and violence strangely go hand in hand: Lassa virus in Sierra Leone, Marburg virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola in northern Uganda.
The ebola-virus: ... and the Challenges to Health Research in Africa by Bausch, Daniel / UN Chronicle
In West Africa, for example, Lassa virus infects 100,000 to 300,000 people per year, killing more than 5,000 annually.
Killers Without Cures by DYER, NICOLE / Science World
a recipient of both DOD and National Institutes of Health funds for his research on the often deadly Lassa virus, says: "It is difficult to get money to study diseases such as Lassa fever.
Germ wars: beset by controversy, the U.S. military is using genetic ... by Weiss, Rick / Science News
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