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NOVA: Lassa Fever

Nova (1983)

Documentary | United States

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SEASON: 10

EPISODE: 3 - Lassa Fever

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A gripping docudrama about a mysterious, highly lethal disease which struck a village in Nigeria in 1969, and the frustrating, seesaw battle against it. NOVA recounts how public health workers came perilously close to accidentally releasing a deadly virus in the US.

RUNTIME: 55 min

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