The Plateau State Government has confirmed death of two persons from a fresh Suspected outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Cletus Shurkuk made this ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 54 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 196 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The NCDC also ...

is caused by the Lassa virus. The virus is primarily transmitted to humans through food or household items contaminated by the urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats, which is common in West ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 143 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 484 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 12, 2025, across seven states ...

The Plateau State Government has confirmed the death of two persons following a fresh outbreak of suspected Lassa fever in the state. Dr. Cletus Shurkuk, the state’s Commissioner for Health ...

Asema, who doubles as the Manager of the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre said both Lassa fever and Ebola virus are zoonotic acute viral diseases which have the same symptoms and are ...

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IVHN) has built and equipped a laboratory for lassa fever testing at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Suspected cases of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 214 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 39 deaths in the country this year. In its latest Lassa fever report yesterday, the NCDC said ...

This involves participating in the Enable study, a multi-country epidemiology project to better understand the rate, location, and spread of Lassa virus across the region. She added that ...

“It does suggest there’s enough virus around that reassortment might become more frequent,” Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the ...

According to the report, six states have recorded at least one confirmed case across 20 LGAs in 2025 Nigeria has confirmed 54 new cases of Lassa fever and 10 deaths in one week, spanning 30 ...