"Lassa Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acute febrile human disease caused by the LASSA VIRUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D007835
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.082.545 C02.782.417.505
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| Concept/Terms |
Lassa Fever- Lassa Fever
- Fever, Lassa
- Fevers, Lassa
- Lassa Fevers
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lassa Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Cleavage-intermediate Lassa virus trimer elicits neutralizing responses, identifies neutralizing nanobodies, and reveals an apex-situated site-of-vulnerability. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 04; 15(1):285.
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A short history of Lassa fever: the first 10-15 years after discovery. Curr Opin Virol. 2019 08; 37:77-83.
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Case Report: Imported Case of Lassa Fever - New Jersey, May 2015. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 10; 99(4):1062-1065.
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Animal Model of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated with Lassa Virus Infection. J Virol. 2015 Dec 30; 90(6):2920-7.
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Geographic distribution and genetic characterization of Lassa virus in sub-Saharan Mali. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013; 7(12):e2582.
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Mucosal immunization with Salmonella typhimurium expressing Lassa virus nucleocapsid protein cross-protects mice from lethal challenge with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. J Hum Virol. 2001 Mar-Apr; 4(2):103-8.
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Imported Lassa fever--reexamining the algorithms. N Engl J Med. 1990 Oct 18; 323(16):1139-41.
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Lassa fever--new issues raised by field studies in West Africa. J Infect Dis. 1987 Mar; 155(3):433-6.
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Lassa fever: a new appraisal. Niger Med J. 1973 Jul; 3(3):162-3.