The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 717 confirmed Lassa fever cases out of 4,881 suspected cases from January to May 4, 2025, in 18 states, across 93 local ...

As Nigeria records 4, 881 suspected cases of Lassa fever, with 717 confirmed and 138 ... that make many communities vulnerable to the virus, a public health expert, Dr. Ozy Okonokhua, emphasised ...

As Nigeria records 4, 881 suspected cases of Lassa fever, with 717 confirmed and 138 deaths, health experts have raised concerns, warning that the country has not treated Lassa fever with the urgency ...

ABUJA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria ... 36 states in the country have been affected by the viral hemorrhagic disease so far this year, with the southern ...

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted primarily through contact with the urine or faeces of infected rats. It can also spread from person to person through bodily fluids ...

The diseases include dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever among others ... increase in the number of vector-borne diseases this year if monsoon is early. Zika virus, which can be fatal ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus. The disease is primarily transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated by the urine or ...

That therapy uses an adeno-associated virus (AAV) as a vector rather than a lentivirus, a vector type that features in approved gene therapies such as Roche's Luxturna and Novartis' Zolgensma.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 138 people have died from Lassa fever in 2025. In its latest situation report, the NCDC said 717 confirmed cases had been recorded ...

Lassa fever, which is a viral haemorrhagic illness first identified over 50 years ago, has continued to affect hundreds of thousands annually. With unreliable diagnostics and frequent misdiagnosis, ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...