Lassafeber
Lassafeber der også kaldes Lassa-blødningsfeber eller Lassa hæmoragisk feber, er en zoonose forårsaget af Lassavirus, der overføres til mennesker fra rotter og andre gnavere.
Lassafeber er endemisk i vestafrikanske lande, især Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria og Liberia, hvor den årlige forekomst af infektion er mellem 300.000 og 500.000 tilfælde, hvilket resulterer i 5.000 dødsfald om året. Lassavirus kaldes sammen med Ebolavirus og Marburgfeber for de afrikanske blødningsfebervirus og klassificeres som virus i højeste fareklasse.[1][2][3][4]
Referencer
- ^ Lassafeber. Sundhed.dk
- ^ Lassafeber. Statens Seruminstitut
- ^ "Lassavirus. Center for Biosikring og Bioberedskab". Arkiveret fra originalen 10. november 2019. Hentet 5. juli 2021.
- ^ Lassa Feber Virus. Stanford University
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