| Disease Name |
Lassa Fever |
| Virus Name |
Lassa virus |
| Capsid Symmetry |
Complex |
| Capsid Naked/Enveloped |
Enveloped |
| Family |
Arenaviridae |
| Genus |
Arenavirus |
| Genome |
Single-stranded negative-sense RNA |
| Proteome |
L segment of about 7.3 kb and an S segment of 3.5 kb |
| Antigenic Target |
Glycoprotein (GP) spike |
| Incubation Period |
6–21 days |
| Zoonotic Evidence |
Yes |
| Host |
Human, rats |
| Chronology_Time |
First identified in 1969 in Jos, Nigeria |
| Regions Affected |
Benin Republic in 2014, Ghana in 2011, Guinea, Liberia, and Mali in 2009, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria |
| Susceptible Age Group |
All |
| Transmission Route |
Zoonosis, fomites |
| Symptoms |
fever, general weakness, and malaise after a few days, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal pain may follow |
| Co-infection |
HIV |
| Genome Reference |
Genome Link |
| Proteome Reference |
Proteome Link |
| References |
Reference 1 |