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 ...

A type of rodent called the multimammate rat carries the Lassa fever virus in its pee and poop. There are lots of these rats in West, Central, and East Africa. They tend to live in homes and in ...

The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus, which is rat-borne, is usually contracted by human contact with food or household items which have been contaminated by the urine ...

Lassa virus (a member of the Arenavirus family) causes Lassa fever, a severe hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it.

According to the World Health Organisation: "About 80% of people who become infected with Lassa virus have no or mild symptoms. One in 5 infections result in severe disease, where the virus ...