"Lassa virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of ARENAVIRUS, part of the Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD), and the etiologic agent of LASSA FEVER. LASSA VIRUS is a common infective agent in humans in West Africa. Its natural host is the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis.
| Descriptor ID |
D007836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.057.070.100.500
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