An overview of Lassa fever
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus (Lassa mammarenavirus), a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family. In most cases Lassa virus infection is asymptomatic (presenting no symptom). When symptomatic it is characterized by mild acute febrile diseas...
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WikiJournal User Group
2019-10-01
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| Series: | WikiJournal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Medicine/An_overview_of_Lassa_fever |