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Lassa fever, a new virus disease of man from West Africa. III. Isolation and characterization of the virus.

BUCKLEY, Sonja Margaret (1918 – 2005) nytimes.com

CASALS-ARIET, Jordi (1911 – 2004) PubMedCentral

Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 19, 680-91. 1970.

Preliminary note in Nature (Lond.), 1970, 227, 174. Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever is endemic to the West African countries of Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Guinea, Republic of COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Liberia COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Nigeria COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Sierra Leone INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever TROPICAL Medicine WOMEN, Publications by › Years 1900 - 1999

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Entry Number	#5546.5
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6776
Author Bio Link	nytimes.com ↗
External URL	lassa-fever-anew-virus-disease-of-man-from-west-africa-iii-isolation-and-characterization-of-the-virus