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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Arenaviridae > Arenavirus > Arenaviruses, Old World > Lassa virus

Preferred term

Lassa virus  

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Note

  • infection = LASSA FEVER

Scope note

  • A species of ARENAVIRUS, part of the Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD), and the etiologic agent of LASSA FEVER. LASSA VIRUS is a common infective agent in humans in West Africa. Its natural host is the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis.

History note

  • 91(72); was see under ARENAVIRIDAE 1981-90; was see under ARENAVIRUSES 1978-80; was see under RNA VIRUSES 1972-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007836

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