Lassa fever

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Lassa fever (uncountable)

1. (pathology) 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.

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• Lassa hemorrhagic fever

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