Lassa fever

== English == === Alternative forms === Lhasa fever === Noun === Lassa fever (uncountable) (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. ==== Synonyms ==== (Canada, US) Lassa hemorrhagic fever (UK) Lassa haemorrhagic fever ==== Hypernyms ==== fever ==== Translations ==== === References === Lassa fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia