Lassa Fever an Epidemic

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<Tab/>Introduction This is a volatile disease with symptoms as disgusting as its name. The first stage is occasional vomiting. The second stage is dilating of the eyes, delusions, foaming at the mouth and severe vomiting. The final stage is death. Lassa fever is an acute single-stranded RNA virus. It is also zoonotic or animal-bourne and is in the family Arenaviradae. It was discovered in 1969 after 2 missionary nurses died of this …

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…Soon I hope that we have a better understanding of this disease to finally phase it out of existence. Bibliography Green, Jacque. Personal Interview. 3/22/04<Tab/><Tab/> Center for Disease Control. Lassa Fever, 3/20/04 http://www.cdc.com/disease/Lassa_Fever/ Phil, Davidson. Lassa Fever throughout<Tab/><Tab/> the World Save the People Magazine. Geisch, Aldan. Disease. Massachusetts: Life Publishing, Inc. , 1991, 4/20/04