lassa virus

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   the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever

   Broaderarenavirus

   Part ofArenaviridae

Questions about lassa virus

What does lassa virus mean?

lassa virus means "the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever".

Is lassa virus a common word?

lassa virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.