Lassa virus
Translingual
Etymology
From the name of a town in northeastern Nigeria.
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Lassa mammarenavirus, endemic in West Africa, responsible for Lassa hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
Hypernyms
- (species): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus
References
- Lassa virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lassa virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lassa virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Noun
Lassa virus (plural Lassa viruses)
- An Old World arenavirus that causes fever in human and non-human primates.