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

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 ...

The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus, which is rat-borne, is usually contracted by human contact with food or household items which have been contaminated by the urine ...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first three months of this year, the West African country's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. The ...

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 ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’. The virus, which is endemic in parts of West Africa, particularly Guinea ...

The candidate vaccine is based on a modified, weakened rabies virus vaccine. There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Lassa fever, which is caused by a virus carried by West African rodents.

As UK authorities monitor for potential Lassa fever cases, it's important to understand the symptoms and how the virus spreads. According to the UK Health Security Agency, Lassa fever, the disease ...