Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever that is known to be endemic in various West African countries, including Nigeria, and causes epidemics almost every year, with annual peaks observed between December and June. Lassa virus was first described in 1969 in the city of Lassa, Borno state, Nigeria.
Lassa fever is caused by a virus of the family Arenaviridae, the Lassa virus, whose reservoir is a rodent (_Mastomys_). The virus is endemic in several West African countries where
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