KEGG   DISEASE: Lassa fever
Entry
H00386                      Disease                                
Name
Lassa fever
  Supergrp
Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever [DS:H02173]
Description
Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus (LASV), an Old World arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. LASV was first discovered in 1969 in Nigeria.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Certain zoonotic viral diseases
   1D61  Arenavirus disease
    H00386  Lassa fever
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Viral infections
  Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
   H00386  Lassa fever
Pathogen
Lassa mammarenavirus [GN:T40010]
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1D61.2
ICD-10: A96.2
MeSH: D007835
Reference
PMID:15487592
  Authors
Gunther S, Lenz O
  Title
Lassa virus.
  Journal
Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 41:339-90 (2004)
DOI:10.1080/10408360490497456
Reference
PMID:18241935
  Authors
Khan SH, Goba A, Chu M, Roth C, Healing T, Marx A, Fair J, Guttieri MC, Ferro P, Imes T, Monagin C, Garry RF, Bausch DG
  Title
New opportunities for field research on the pathogenesis and treatment of Lassa fever.
  Journal
Antiviral Res 78:103-15 (2008)
DOI:10.1016/j.antiviral.2007.11.003
Reference
PMID:17378212
  Authors
Ogbu O, Ajuluchukwu E, Uneke CJ
  Title
Lassa fever in West African sub-region: an overview.
  Journal
J Vector Borne Dis 44:1-11 (2007)
Reference
PMID:16802617
  Authors
Curtis N
  Title
Viral haemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses.
  Journal
Adv Exp Med Biol 582:35-44 (2006)
DOI:10.1007/0-387-33026-7_4
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