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==Lassa virus== | ==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. | |||
[[Category:Virus]] [[Category:Electron Micrograph]] | [[Category:Virus]] [[Category:Electron Micrograph]] | ||
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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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