Lassa fever

English

Alternative forms

Lhasa fever

Noun

Lassa fever (uncountable)

(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.

Synonyms

(Canada, US) Lassa hemorrhagic fever
(UK) Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms

fever

Translations

Lassa fever

Japanese: ラッサ熱 (rassa-netsu)
Portuguese: febre de Lassa f
Turkish: Lassa ateşi

References

Lassa fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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