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Lassa virus
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Translingual
Etymology
From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.
Proper noun
1 Lassa virus
mul archaic species family Arenaviridae now Lassa mammarenavirus genus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates
Hypernyms
species Bunyavirales order 1 order; Arenaviridae family 1 family; Mammarenavirus genus genus
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English
Noun
Lassa virus
An Old World arenavirus that causes fever in human and non-human primates.