单词Lassa fever
n.: 拉沙热（常由鼠类传染，尤见于西非）
网络: 拉萨热；叫作拉沙热；赖萨热
拉沙热（常由鼠类传染，尤见于西非）:
a serious disease, usually caught from rats and found especially in W Africa
Connecting those strands is critical to diagnosing and restoring balance to an immune system gone haywire in a disease like Lassa fever.
将这些线索联系在一起对于像拉沙热导致的免疫系统紊乱的诊断以及平衡的保持是至关重要的。
In 1969, a doctor at a Yale University lab in New Haven, Connecticut, who was studying Lassa fever came down with it.
1969年，设在康涅狄格州纽黑文的耶鲁大学实验室里的一名医生在研究拉沙热的过程中倒下了，然而他活了下来。
Prevention of Lassa fever in the community centers on promoting good "community hygiene" to discourage rodents from entering homes.
社区中预防拉沙热集中于促进良好的“社区卫生”来阻止啮齿动物进入家中。
Lassa fever is diagnosed by detection of Lassa antigen, anti-Lassa antibodies, or virus isolation techniques.
拉沙热通过发现拉沙抗原、抗拉沙抗体或病毒分离技术进行诊断。
Lassa fever is a zoonotic disease, meaning that humans become infected from contact with infected animals.
拉沙热是一种人畜共患疾病，即人通过接触受感染的动物引起感染。
The antiviral drug ribavirin is effective treatment for Lassa fever if given early on in the course of clinical illness.
如在临床疾病早期给予抗病毒药利巴韦林（ribavirin），这对拉沙热是有效的治疗。
On rare occasions, travellers from areas where Lassa fever is endemic export the disease to other countries.
在极少数情况下，来自拉沙热流行地区的旅行者将该病带到其它国家。
Lassa fever is endemic to West Africa, the virus kills thousands of people each year.
拉沙热在西非流行，该病毒每年可杀死成千上万的人。
Civil unrest in many of the countries where Lassa fever is endemic has impeded effective control.
发生拉沙热流行的许多国家的内乱阻碍了有效控制。
Lassa fever, which wasn"t first detected until 1969, in West Africa, is extremely virulent and little understood.
直到1969年，拉沙热才在西非首次发现，那是一种极其致命的疾病，我们对其了解甚少。