"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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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lassa Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Has COVID taught us anything about pandemic preparedness? Nature. 2021 08; 596(7872):332-335.
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Lassa fever amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: A rising concern, efforts, challenges, and future recommendations. J Med Virol. 2021 12; 93(12):6433-6436.
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Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis on the fragile health system. J Med Virol. 2021 Oct; 93(10):5707-5709.
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Innate Immune Responses to Acute Viral Infection During Pregnancy. Front Immunol. 2020; 11:572567.
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Is the COVID-19 pandemic masking the deadlier Lassa fever epidemic in Nigeria? J Clin Virol. 2020 07; 128:104434.
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Comprehensive Interactome Analysis Reveals that STT3B Is Required for N-Glycosylation of Lassa Virus Glycoprotein. J Virol. 2019 12 01; 93(23).
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Phylogeography of Lassa Virus in Nigeria. J Virol. 2019 11 01; 93(21).
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Measures to control protracted large Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, 1 January to 28 April 2019. Euro Surveill. 2019 May; 24(20).
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A cluster of nosocomial Lassa fever cases in a tertiary health facility in Nigeria: Description and lessons learned, 2018. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jun; 83:88-94.
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Progress and challenges of Lassa fever control in Nigeria. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 04; 19(4):364.