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Patients of any age can get Lassa Fever. It is most fatal in women late in pregnancy.

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Which age groups are affected from Lassa Fever?

All age groups are affected by Lassa Fever. The fatality rate is highest in pregnant women in the third trimester.


What microbe causes lassa fever?

Lassa virus (LASV) causes Lassa fever. It's an arenavirus.


What is the mortality of lassa fever?

One in 100 patients with Lassa Fever die. 80% of pregnant women in the last trimester with Lassa Fever die.


What is the reservoir for lassa fever?

A common mouse, Mastomys natalensis, is the reservoir for Lassa fever.


What gram stain is lassa fever?

Lassa fever is a virus. It does not have a gram stain characteristic.


What viruses are related to Lassa Fever?

The virus families most closely related to Lassa Fever virus are the arenaviruses, as well as bunyaviridae and orthomyxoviridae. Lassa Fever virus is in the aernavirus family.


Is lassa fever communicable?

Lassa fever is dangerous. One in 100 patients dies of the disease. 80% of pregnant women in the last trimester who get Lassa Fever die.


When was lassa fever prevalent?

Lassa Fever is prevalent today. A half million Africans are infected each year.


What is laser-fever?

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Lassa fever is what?

Lassa fever is an acute viral disease first encountered in 1969 in the Nigerian town of Lassa. The disease is endemic in West African countries, causing many deaths


What is the word for African fever?

LASSA


When was the cure for lassa fever found?

Physicians started using ribavirin to treat Lassa Fever in 1979. Other treatments are being developed.