The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases across ...

Ogun state government has confirmed Lassa Fever outbreak in the state, and one index case of a 25-year-old female corps ...

Lassa fever remains a major health challenge in Nigeria, killing 100 people in early 2025. What’s going wrong?

The United Kingdom (UK) has been put on high alert after a traveler who recently visited the country tested positive for Lassa fever. The individual, who had traveled from Nigeria to England, has ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’. The virus, which is endemic in parts of West Africa, particularly Guinea, Liberia, ...

They then returned to Nigeria where they were diagnosed ... Some people eat Mastomys, and they may catch Lassa virus this way. While the virus does not spread easily between people, it can ...

Britain was today rocked by fresh Lassa fever fears after someone travelled to England while positive with the virus. Officials revealed the infected individual travelled from Nigeria while ...

NIH has launched a human trial for LASSARAB, a dual-purpose vaccine targeting Lassa fever and rabies. Early animal studies ...

The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus ... particularly Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, is carried by a particular type of rodent, called the Mastomys rodent.

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 ...

This underscores the urgent need for better protective measures, adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPEs), and ...

The disease gets its name from the town of Lassa in Nigeria, where it was first discovered in 1969. According to health experts, the virus is transmitted from rodents to humans, and in rare cases ...