The Integrated Research Facility is one of the few labs in North America where scientists can safely study BSL-4 pathogens ...

Like Ebola, Marburg virus causes bleeding, fever, and organ failure. Lassa fever is caused by a virus found mainly in West Africa. It spreads through contact with urine or droppings of infected ...

HHS implemented a pause on research of deadly infectious diseases at one of the nation's most highly secure research labs, ...

Christian Happi’s journey to become a biochemist began in the rainforests of his native Cameroon, where his mother carried ...

NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. The natural reservoir for the virus is the multimammate rat (also known as the African rat), although other rodents can ...

Mr Idris noted that the number of deaths and the case fatality rate has also dropped, with only three deaths recorded during ...

Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, transmitted to humans primarily through exposure to urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats, a rodent species common across West Africa. Human- to-human ...

Lassa fever endemic in West Africa Dr. Umar explained that Lassa fever is a viral disease endemic in several West African countries, including Nigeria, Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone.

The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The disease, which shares similarities with Ebola, requires immediate ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. The natural reservoir for the virus is the multimammate rat (also known as the African rat), although other rodents can ...

Clinical pipeline: 67 distinct antiviral compounds are currently in active clinical development, with 22 approved compounds ...