Lassa fever virus

Lassa fever virus
Las·sa fever, virus (lahґsə) [Lassa, town in Nigeria where the fever was first reported in 1959] see under fever and virus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Lassa fever — ► NOUN ▪ an acute and often fatal disease transmitted by a virus and occurring chiefly in West Africa. ORIGIN named after the village of Lassa in Nigeria, where it was first reported …   English terms dictionary

  • Lassa fever — Taxobox | color = violet name = Lassa virus image width = 200 px image caption = TEM micrograph of Lassa virus virions. virus group = v familia = Arenaviridae genus = Arenavirus species = Lassa virus DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Lassa Fever… …   Wikipedia

  • Lassa fever — An acute viral infection found in the tropics, especially in West Africa. Epidemics of Lassa fever have occurred in countries such as Sierra Leone, Congo (formerly Zaire), Liberia and Nigeria. The disease was discovered in 1969 when two… …   Medical dictionary

  • Lassa fever — noun Etymology: Lassa, village in Nigeria Date: 1970 a disease especially of Africa that is caused by an arenavirus (species Lassa virus of the genus Arenavirus) and is characterized by a high fever, headaches, mouth ulcers, muscle aches, small… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Lassa fever — a serious virus disease confined to Central West Africa. After an incubation period of 3–21 days, headache, high fever, and severe muscular pains develop; difficulty in swallowing often arises. Death from kidney or heart failure occurs in over… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Lassa fever — See Lassa virus …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • Lassa virus — n a single stranded RNA virus of the genus Arenavirus (species Lassa virus) that causes Lassa fever * * * an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex, existing in several serologically distinct strains and distributed throughout West and Central… …   Medical dictionary

  • Fever, Lassa — An acute viral infection found in the tropics, especially in West Africa. Epidemics of Lassa fever have occurred in countries such as Sierra Leone, Congo (formerly Zaire), Liberia and Nigeria. The disease was discovered in 1969 when two… …   Medical dictionary

  • Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …   Medical dictionary

  • Lassa virus — noun the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever • Hypernyms: ↑arenavirus • Member Holonyms: ↑Arenaviridae …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”