Structure+-+Lassa+Fever



__General Virus Information__
 * Lassa Fever is caused by Lassa Virus, which is part of the Arenaviridae family.
 * There are four different strains of Lassa Fever, three of which are primarily found in Nigeria and the fourth of which exists in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.
 * Research is currently being conducted to determine more specific information on the structure of Lassa Virus and its nucleoproteins in particular.



__Major Structure Elements__
 * Outer envelope coating
 * Single-stranded, bisegmented RNA (meaning it has two genome segments)
 * G proteins, also known as "spike proteins", that make up the spikes on on Lassa Fever's outer surface that make the virus more difficult to detect