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Lassa fever

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Lassa fever /ˈlasə/

▶noun an acute and often fatal viral disease occurring chiefly in West Africa.

– origin 1970s: named after the village of Lassa, in NW Nigeria, where it was first reported.

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