Lassa fever has claimed 70 lives this year, with Taraba, Ondo and Edo states having the highest number of casualties, Daily Trust reports.

At least 13 people have died from a Lassa fever outbreak in the Edo state, southern Nigeria, local authorities said ...

The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria has risen to 53 according to the latest situation report of the disease obtained ...

The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria has sparked concern, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Osun State government on Thursday activated surveillance teams in border communities after confirmation of 12 deaths and ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 70 deaths and 358 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across 10 states since the ...

It is transmitted to humans through exposed food and household items contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats. Lassa Fever symptoms include headache, sore throat, muscle pain ...

contaminated with urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats. The disease is endemic in the rodent population in parts of West Africa. Lassa fever is known to be endemic in Benin, Ghana ...

Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus, has remained a significant public health concern in Nigeria for decades. First identified in 1969 in the town of Lassa ...

The health authorities should do more to contain the scourgeIt is bad enough that the disease was named after a village in Nigeria, but it is even more depressing that since 1969, Lassa fever has ...