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What (who) is Lassa - definition
Lassa fever
VIRAL DISEASE
Lhasa virus; Lhasa fever; Lassa Fever; Lasser fever; Lassa hemorrhagic fever; Lhassa fever; Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. Many of those infected by the virus do not develop symptoms.
Lassa fever
VIRAL DISEASE
Lhasa virus; Lhasa fever; Lassa Fever; Lasser fever; Lassa hemorrhagic fever; Lhassa fever; Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
['las?]
¦ noun an acute and often fatal viral disease occurring chiefly in West Africa.
Origin
1970s: named after the village of Lassa, in NW Nigeria, where it was first reported.
Neothais lassa
SPECIES OF MOLLUSCS
Neothais lassa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018).
Examples of use of Lassa
1. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Press release, June 27, 2005 Experimental vaccine protects nonhuman primates from Lassa fever Findings could lead to vaccine for human use FREDERICK, Maryland and WINNIPEG, Manitoba –– A team of U.S. and Canadian scientists has developed a vaccine against Lassa fever that fully protects nonhuman primates from experimental infection with lethal doses of Lassa virus.
2. The «Young Jazz» concert series, organized under the sponsorship of Lassa, invite yo...
3. The Lassa virus that causes the disease is considered a potential agent of bioterrorism.
4. We pray all of them are safe,’’ said Lassa Mir, a resident of Uri.
5. Recently, Lassa fever has been imported by travelers to the United States and Europe.