Lassa

British

/ ˈlɑːsə /

noun

a variant spelling of Lhasa

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UK officials say they are "well-equipped to identify people who have Lassa fever" to limit any spread of infections.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

Not long after, he was sent to Sierra Leone to help investigate an outbreak of Lassa fever, a virulent hemorrhagic virus.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

The work could lay the foundation for better treatments for Lassa fever and other similar diseases.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

At the Galveston National Laboratory he has worked with guinea pigs infected with Ebola virus and macaques carrying Lassa fever.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

Lassa fever was first observed in 1969 in Nigeria, where it causes a fatal illness so contagious that Nigerian hospitals have been closed down if even a single case appears.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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