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Lassa virus is a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, a single-stranded RNA virus.
The virus is the causative agent of a hemorrhagic fever and can be transmitted between species (zoonotic).
Discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria and today still occurs mainly in West Africa.
Death rates are high for women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Fetal death (95%) occurs in uterus of infected pregnant mothers.

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 ==Lassa virus==
+* Lassa virus is a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, a single-stranded RNA virus.
+* The virus is the causative agent of a hemorrhagic fever and can be transmitted between species (zoonotic).
+* Discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria and today still occurs mainly in West Africa.
+* Death rates are high for women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
+* Fetal death (95%) occurs in uterus of infected pregnant mothers.
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