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 ...

The Kano State Government has announced an emergency rat eradication exercise in Garun Malam Local Government Area following ...

Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, first identified in 1969 after two missionary nurses died in the town of Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria. The virus is endemic in parts of West Africa ...

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 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has listed 1,277 persons for follow-up over the possibility of being infected with Lassa fever. This follows the centre recording 659 ...

"Preventing Lassa fever requires a collective effort. While the NCDC and state governments are leading the response, every Nigerian has a role to play in reducing the spread of the virus," he said.