English

Noun

Lassa fever ‎(uncountable)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• (CDN, US) Lassa hemorrhagic fever)
• (UK) Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Hypernyms

• fever

Hypernyms

• fever

Translations

References

• Lassa fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia