Lassa fever has claimed 70 lives this year, with Taraba, Ondo and Edo states having the highest number of casualties, Daily Trust reports.According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

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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 on Friday, the NCDC said ...

“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 ...

Scientists are particularly concerned about a process called “reassortment,” The Washington Post reported, where different flu strains mix in infected animals, creating new versions of the virus. The ...

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of twenty-two (22) persons amid 143 cases of Lassa fever recorded within the first two weeks of 2025.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, said that a total of 54 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria out of the 196 suspected cases.