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.

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

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it. Lassa virus is spread by rodents, known as multimammate ...

An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

A Phase 1 clinical trial for a Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine has been developed by a team of researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, in collaboration with the University of Maryland ...

The Benue State Government has confirmed one death from Lassa fever and two isolated cases of the viral disease in the state. The victim died from complications related to Lassa fever before his ...

The 62-year-old is part of a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it. Lassa virus is spread by rodents, known as ...

Oshiomhole added, “All pillar leads and teams, including Surveillance, Laboratory, Logistics, Vector Control ... and supplies. “Lassa Fever is one of the viral haemorrhagic diseases endemic ...

A viral illness called Lassa fever that can cause Ebola-like symptoms has been confirmed in a person who recently travelled to England from Nigeria. Officials are now checking for any possible ...