Which tropical disease .......

[Mickeymouse]

Which tropical disease was named after the Nigerian village where it was first reported in the 1960's?

[incitatus]

lassa fever, at a guess. Hantavirus, discovered 1969

[Quizmonster]

Lassa fever.

[Quizmonster]

Oh dear...a case of the simultaneous keyings once more!

[nikolati]

could be Ebola, it's the first one that springs to mind

[Quizmonster]

I can't answer for the sources of the names Hanta and Ebola, but it is certain that Lassa fever is named specifically after a village called 'Lassa' near the town of Mubi in north-eastern Nigeria. So, it assuredly fits the question's demands precisely.

[nikolati]

Hanta Virus was nameds after a river in Korea, where it was encountered by US troops during the Korean war.

[incitatus]

but hantaviruses are a subtype of zoonotic febrile viruses...