A type of rodent called the multimammate rat carries the Lassa fever virus in its pee and poop. There are lots of these rats in West, Central, and East Africa. They tend to live in homes and in ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of two mature extracellular Lassa virus particles (purple) near the periphery of a VERO E6 cell (green). A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored ...

After more than 20 years of research on arenaviruses, an Institut Pasteur team led by Sylvain Baize has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, which will strengthen the Institut ...

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus ...

Lassa virus (a member of the Arenavirus family) causes Lassa fever, a severe hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it.

Study findings provide a new gene pathway for potential treatment of the virus affecting millions. Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as “very low”. The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus, which is rat ...

around 1 in 5 Lassa fever infections lead to severe disease, with a higher mortality rate in hospitalized patients. How Does Lassa Fever Spread? Lassa virus is primarily spread to humans through ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been informed under international rules that a person travelled to England from Nigeria while they were unwell with Lassa fever. They then ...