"Lassa fever" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Lhasa fever [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Lassa hemorrhagic fever [Canada, US], Lassa haemorrhagic fever [UK] Hypernyms: fever Translations (Lassa fever): ラッサ熱 (rassa-netsu) (Japanese), febre de Lassa [feminine] (Portuguese), Lassa ateşi (Turkish)

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