There's no prophylaxis for Lassa fever for now." The current outbreak comes months after the NCDC first raised concerns in December 2024 about a spike in infections. By the end of 2024 ...

Lassa fever is a viral disease spread by rats. It mainly affects people in parts of West Africa, where there are about 300,000 cases of Lassa fever and about 5,000 deaths from it each year.

AN OUTBREAK of horrifying 'rat fever' has infected 3,700 people and killed 122 since the start of the year. Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - is tearing through Nigeria, with health ...

A consultant clinical microbiologist at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Dr. Usman Yahaya Umar, has urged Kano residents to take preventive measures after confirmed cases of Lassa fever in ...

After more than 20 years of research on arenaviruses, an Institut Pasteur team led by Sylvain Baize has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, which will strengthen the Institut ...

The progression of this candidate from the lab to a first-in-humans clinical trial is a promising step towards a vaccine to prevent Lassa fever." Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., NIAID Director ...

The clinical trial of a Lassa fever candidate vaccine has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. Lassa virus (a member of the Arenavirus family ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded 14 new confirmed cases and three deaths from Lassa fever cases in one week, spanning 24 to 30 March, 2025. The NCDC stated ...