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 ...

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

Rather, we observe that the A2/re clade was the result of a reassortment event that occurred in late 2016 or early 2017 and involved the combination of the HA and PB1 segments of an A2 virus with ...

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) last Sunday said at least 118 people have died from Lassa fever since the start of the year. In a statement, it said 3,465 suspected ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Preventing Lassa fever is a shared responsibility. While the NCDC and state governments are leading the response, every Nigerian has a role to play in stopping the spread of the virus,” Idris ...

Lassa fever outbreak hits Ogun as govt confirms 1 death N News Agency Of Nigeria Follow Ogun Government has announced the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state while confirming its first case.

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 Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Coker said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25 ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Lassa virus budding from a cell. Picture: Alamy Among the UKHSA's concerns is the distribution of disease-causing mosquitoes and ticks due to climate and environmental ...