In Nigeria, the Lassa virus claimed the lives of 127 people in the first week of April. The Nigerian Centre for Disease ...

The candidate vaccine is based on a modified, weakened rabies virus vaccine. There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Lassa fever, which is caused by a virus carried by West African rodents.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has listed 1,277 persons for follow-up over the possibility of being infected with Lassa fever. This follows the centre recording 659 ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. The natural reservoir for the virus is the multimammate rat (also known as the African rat), although other rodents can ...

In Nigeria, the Lassa virus claimed the lives of 127 people in the first week of April. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 674 cases of this disease, resulting in a ...

Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - is tearing through Nigeria, with health authorities issuing 'stay at home' warnings as the virus spreads through dozens of states. In it's most recent ...

adding that their adherence to standard protocols prevented further spread of the virus within the hospital. The incident stemmed from a confirmed case of Lassa fever involving a 22-year-old ...

Eighteen Nigeria states have recorded at least one confirmed case of Lassa fever shave recorded at least one confirmed case, through it's suspected that the virus has spread to as many as 33 states.

Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, first identified in 1969 after two missionary nurses died in the town of Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria. The virus is endemic in parts of West Africa ...

A case of Lassa fever has been discovered at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), prompting urgent response efforts by hospital authorities and the Kano State Government. The revelation came ...

A 25-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), has reportedly died of Lassa fever at a secondary health facility in ljebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. DAILY POST ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that between January and March, Nigeria recorded 3,465 suspected cases of Lassa fever across 91 local government areas in 33 ...