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Lassa fever

disease
Also known as: Lassa virus disease

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arenaviruses

  • Aedes aegypti mosquito
    In viral hemorrhagic fever

    The arenaviruses cause the diseases Lassa fever (occurring in Africa), Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Brazilian hemorrhagic fever, and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.

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  • In arenavirus

    The arenaviruses cause the diseases Lassa fever (Lassa virus; occurring in West Africa), Argentine hemorrhagic fever (Junin virus), Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (Machupo virus), Brazilian hemorrhagic fever (Sabiá virus), and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (Guanarito virus).

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rodent carriers

  • black-tailed prairie dog
    In rodent: Importance to humans

    Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lassa fever, among others. Only a few species are serious pests or vectors of disease (see house mouse and rat), but it is these rodents that are most closely associated with people.

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