TWiV 847: On Dasher, on Dancer, on Corona and Lassa
This Week in Virology
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Lassa Fever - A Virus That Causes Laso Fever
Lassa fever is caused by laso virus. Hundreds of thousands of individuals every year are infected, and you wouldn't know it. There's an ecological aspect to this too because in years there are no droughts, they had a good crop. And with good crops, everybody eats. With not so good crops, only people eat. Most of the infections are zenotic spill overs from mice, very little human to human transmission.
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