Lassa fever

Summary

Lassa fever is an infectious disease^[1]. It draws 267 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #106 of 279).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lassa fever's image is recorded as Lassa virus.JPG^[3].
• Lassa fever's instance of is recorded as infectious disease^[4].
• Lassa fever's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[5].
• Lassa is named after Lassa fever^[6].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as arenavirus hemorrhagic fever^[7].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as hospital-acquired infection^[8].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as viral hemorrhagic fever^[9].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as viral infectious disease^[10].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as disease^[11].
• Lassa fever's subclass of is recorded as pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases^[12].
• Lassa fever's Commons category is recorded as Lassa fever^[13].
• Lassa fever's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007835^[14].
• Lassa fever's ICD-9 ID is recorded as 078.8^[15].
• Lassa fever's DiseasesDB is recorded as 7272^[16].
• Lassa fever's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Lassa fever's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jvc^[18].
• Lassa fever's KEGG ID is recorded as H00386^[19].
• Lassa fever's MeSH tree code is recorded as C01.925.782.082.545^[20].
• Lassa fever's MeSH tree code is recorded as C01.925.782.417.505^[21].
• Lassa fever's Disease Ontology ID is recorded as DOID:9537^[22].
• Lassa fever's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever^[23].
• Lassa fever's symptoms and signs is recorded as poisoning^[24].
• Lassa fever's symptoms and signs is recorded as headache^[25].
• Lassa fever's symptoms and signs is recorded as myalgia^[26].
• Lassa fever's symptoms and signs is recorded as fatigue^[27].

Why It Matters

Lassa fever draws 267 Wikipedia views per month (infectious_disease category, ranking #106 of 279).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]