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Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus
A brief summary of lassa fever, its history, pathology and effects on the
indigenous populations. Also, lassa fever in the context of newly emerging
diseases.
LASSA FEVER
On January 12, 1969, a missionary nun, working in the small town of
Lassa, Nigeria, began complain ....
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.... they were
completely empty; every white blood cell had been utilized in a futile attempt
to stave off the unknown microbe. A few days later, a prominent western viral
researcher contracted the unknown disease and the hunt for the microbe that
caused lassa fever, began in earnest.(Garrett, 1994)
Lassa fever is a virus belonging to the family Arenaviridae. Genus
Arenavirus, although being around for about 60 years in the form of lymphocytic
choriomeningitis, has recently been brought to the public's attention because of
the large number of species ....
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