Lassa virus
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Translingual
Etymology
From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Lassa mammarenavirus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
Hypernyms
- (species): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus
References
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English
Noun
Lassa virus (plural Lassa viruses)
- An Old World arenavirus that causes fever in human and non-human primates.