Lassa fever
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- noun
- /ˈlæsə ˈfiːvər/
- Specialized
:
fiebre de Lassa
- Doctors confirmed that the symptoms she displayed were due to Lassa fever, a serious illness common in West Africa.
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In some populations in Africa, Gire said, as many as 20 percent of people carry antibodies for Ebola, and as many as 50 percent test positive for antibodies to Lassa fever.
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Dangerous viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Lassa fever are fortunately very rare in returning travelers (although if suspected, because of known travel to an affected area, public health advice is essential).
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However, others such as Lassa fever and Ebola virus are capable.
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More outbreaks and cases of Lassa fever occurred, and she continued to donate her blood for treatment with convalescent plasma.
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In the biomedical science world, Penny is best known for being the first confirmed case of a newly discovered viral hemorrhagic illness called Lassa fever.
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Harvard researchers have done just that, Gire said, with Lassa fever, working with international partners to set up clinics in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
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In contrast, she won her personal battle with Lassa fever, surviving after a severe and prolonged illness, and then dedicated much of her life's work to combating the Lassa virus that threatened populations in West Africa.
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After suffering from Lassa fever, he experienced fatigue and muscle aches but eventually made a full recovery.
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Many experts are researching ways to prevent Lassa fever outbreaks in rural communities across West Africa.
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Lassa + fever
The structure 'Lassa' + 'fever' is compositionally clear: a proper name modifying 'fever' signals a type of fever associated with Lassa, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer it denotes a disease/fever linked to that name. Although clinical specifics (severity, viral cause, rodent transmission) are not derivable from the parts, the basic category meaning is transparently predictable and aligns with cross-linguistic naming patterns for diseases.
Etymology
Lassa fever is named after the town Lassa in Nigeria where doctors first found the illness. The word fever shows the high temperature patients get, and because rats helped spread the virus there, 'Lassa fever' now means a serious sickness caused by a virus that can be dangerous.