<unk>  is an acute viral illness that occurs in West Africa. The cause of the illness was found to be<unk>  virus, named after the town in Nigeria where the first cases originated. The virus, a member of the virus family Arenaviridae and the reservoir, or host, of<unk>  virus is a rodent known as the "multimammate rat" of the genus Mastomys. It is transmitted through direct contact with these materials, through touching objects or eating food contaminated. It can present as fever, chest pain, sore throat, back pain, cough, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, facial swelling and bleeding and 15%-20% of patients hospitalized for<unk>  die from the illness.
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