Lassa fever
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edit- (pathology) An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure.
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edit- (Canada, US) Lassa hemorrhagic fever
- (UK) Lassa haemorrhagic fever
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edit- Lassa fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia