Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no vaccine currently exists. Lassa fever is not a new disease, but the current outbreak is ...

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore, in collaboration with the United ...

A promising Lassa fever vaccine shows potential to prevent severe disease and death in animals.

Lassa fever burden in West Africa ten times higher than previously thought – study Potential new variants could increase human and economic costs ...

In Nigeria, there are many people and different kinds of social-economic situations. This country has a lot problems with ...

The study suggests that vaccination against Lassa Fever, a viral disease spread by rodents and contaminated food, would prevent millions from falling ill and facing prohibitive treatment costs ...

He noted that the two other platforms in development for Lassa fever are both based on live viral vectors, “which come with their own safety issues,” he says. “Our vaccine is a deactivated or killed ...

Using the immunome maps, they explore patterns correlated ... Her research focuses on community-acquired zoonotic diseases including Lassa fever and Ebola. Her primary interest is in the disease ...

To date, several Lassa candidate vaccines are currently in development. However, out of these, Matthias Schnell, PhD, director of the Jefferson Center for Vaccines and Pandemic Preparedness at Thomas ...