Lassa virus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.
Proper noun[edit]
- A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Lassa mammarenavirus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (species): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus
References[edit]
Lassa virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lassa virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Lassa virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Lassa virus (plural Lassa viruses)
- An Old World arenavirus that causes fever in human and non-human primates.