Lassa fever

English Alternative forms en Lhasa fever Noun - en disease An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure. en 2023 Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ A Spell of Good Things Canongate Books 243 When he showed up in A & E with a cough and chest pain later that evening, the doctor on call suspected Lassa fever and asked that he be transferred to Ifẹ̀ for isolation. Synonyms Canada US en Lassa hemorrhagic fever UK en Lassa haemorrhagic fever Hypernyms en fever Translations Lassa fever Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉薩熱 Japanese: ja ラッサ熱 rassa-netsu Portuguese: pt febre de Lassa f Turkish: tr Lassa ateşi References en Viral diseases