41. It was the Yale lab that first isolated and identified the Lassa fever virus and other deadly and exotic viruses. 42. In 1969, a laboratory worker who helped discover the Lassa fever virus at Yale died of an accidental infection. 43. Lassa fever is spread by infected rats but infected humans can also pass it on, usually via bodily fluids.44. Between 100, 000 and 300, 000 people get Lassa fever in West Africa each year, Lacy said. 45. One book that explains about this disease is " The Lassa Ward " by Ross I . Donaldson. 46. This traveling has led to the importation of Lassa fever into non-endemic metropolitan areas all over the world. 47. By air : the local airlines LASSA and ATA fly weekly ( 2.5 hrs . from Santiago ). 48. On July 22, 2015, Samuels signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona Lassa . 49. Most people were devastated to learn that the only Lassa Fever specialist in Sierra Leone was gone, gone forever. 50. Tyre and rubber products are produced to world-class standard ( Goodyear, Pirelli, Lassa and Bridgestone ).