Lassa virus

Translingual

Etymology

From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria

Proper noun

Lassa virus

A taxonomic species within the genus Arenavirus – endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.

Hypernyms

(species): Arenaviridae - family; Arenavirus - 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.

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