A traveller returning from West Africa presents with fever and generalised lymphadenopathy. Lassa fever is suspected. What is the natural reservoir ho...

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A traveller returning from West Africa presents with fever and generalised lymphadenopathy. Lassa fever is suspected. What is the natural reservoir host for Lassa virus?

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Mastomys natalensis (multimammate rat)

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Fruit bats (Pteropodidae)

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Non-human primates

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Domestic cattle

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Mosquitoes

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Lassa Virus Reservoir

A traveller returning from West Africa presents with fever and generalised lymphadenopathy. Lassa fever is suspected. What is the natural reservoir host for Lassa virus?