22379-2
Lassa virus IgM Ab [Presence] in Serum
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LP17704-5 Lassa virus
Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever first described in 1969 in the Nigerian town of Lassa in the Yedseram River valley. Clinical cases of the disease had been known for over a decade earlier but not connected with this viral pathogen.The infection is endemic in West African countries, causing many deaths. Outbreaks of the disease have been observed in the following countries: Nigeria Liberia Sierra Leone Guinea Central African Republic but it is believed that human infections also exist in: Democratic Republic of the Congo Mali Senegal It is also the most common hemorrhagic fever that is exported beyond its endemic area to countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Japan, and Israel.
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Source: Wikipedia, Lassa virus (Wikipedia)
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Lassa virus Ab.IgM
- Property
- PrThr
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Lassa virus IgM Ab [Presence] in Serum
- Short Name
- LASV IgM Ser Ql
- Display Name
- Lassa virus IgM Ql (S)
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Lassa virus IgM antibody, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- MICRO
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 1.0n
- Last Updated
- Version 2.56
- Change Reason
- The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
Member of these Groups Get Info
| LOINC Group | Group Name |
|---|---|
| LG32763-1 | Lassa virus |
Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| de-DE | German (Germany) | Lassa-Virus Ak.IgM: Synonyms: Lassa mammarenavirus |
| es-AR | Spanish (Argentina) | [anticuerpo anti - ] virus Lassa [Ac].IgM [Inmunoglobulina M]: |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Virus Lassa IgM: |
| es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Ab.IgM del virus de Lassa: |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Virus de Lassa, IgM: |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Lassa virus Ac IgM: |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Virus de Lassa Anticorps. IgM: Synonyms: Anticorps |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Lassa virus Ab.IgM: Synonyms: Anticorpi IgM anticorpo Microbiologia Presenza o Soglia Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Virus di Lassa |
| ko-KR | Korean (Korea, Republic Of) | 라사 바이러스 항체.면역글로불린 M: |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Lassa-virus As.IgM: Synonyms: antistof; |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Lassa wirus Ab.IgM: Synonyms: IgM Przeciwciała do wirusa Lassa Przeciwciała IgM do wirusa Lassa Wirus Lassa |
| pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Lassa vírus Ac.IgM: Synonyms: ; |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Ласса вирус Ат.IgM: Synonyms: Антитело Порядковый Сыворотка Точка во времени; |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Lassa virüsü Ab.IgM: Synonyms: Ak Ak.IgM Mevcut |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 拉沙病毒 抗体.IgM: Synonyms: Ab.IgM; |
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