Epidemiology and Control of Lassa fever
Author:
- Effiong Edet BasseyEBEffiong Edet Bassey
Open Access
- 1 May 2018
- journal article
- Published by Lupine Publishers LLC in Interventions in Pediatric Dentistry Open Access Journal
- Vol. 1 (4) , 1-3
Abstract
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever transmitted by rats. It has been known since the 1950s, but the virus was not identified until 1969Keywords
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