NOUN
- 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
How To Use Lassa fever In A Sentence
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- Lassa fever presents with symptoms and signs indistinguishable from those of febrile illnesses such as malaria and other viral haemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola.
- Prevention of Lassa fever in the community centers on promoting good "community hygiene" to discourage rodents from entering homes.
- Other viral illnesses include influenza, the common cold, Lassa fever, and ebola.
- Other viral illnesses include influenza, the common cold, Lassa fever, and ebola.
- Lassa fever spreads by human to human contact, transmission occurring through contact with an infected person's blood, tissue, secretions, or excretions of an individual infected with the Lassa virus.
- Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic fever transmitted by rats, is endemic in west Africa and may kill tens of thousands of people each year
- Scientists have developed the common marmoset monkey as a new animal model for Lassa fever research.