Physicians started using ribavirin to treat Lassa Fever in 1979. Other treatments are being developed.
Lassa Fever virus is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its reservoir is a common mouse found in that region.
Lassa virus (LASV) causes Lassa fever. It's an arenavirus.
One in 100 patients with Lassa Fever die. 80% of pregnant women in the last trimester with Lassa Fever die.
Lassa fever is a virus. It does not have a gram stain characteristic.
A common mouse, Mastomys natalensis, is the reservoir for Lassa fever.
The reservoir for Lassa Fever is a common mouse found in Africa. Contact with feces or urine from the mouse can let the virus enter the human body.
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.
Lassa fever is communicable. It's spread primarily via fecal oral route, though transmission by breast milk has been reported.
Patients of any age can get Lassa Fever. It is most fatal in women late in pregnancy.
Lassa Fever is prevalent today. A half million Africans are infected each year.
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