Nigeria is exterminating rats in an effort to contain a deadly virus that causes bleeding from the eyes in humans. The Lassa fever, which is spread by the rodents, has killed 85 people in Nigeria ...

in particular the common African rat (Mastomys natalensis). It is now understood that Lassa fever is transmitted by these ...

Two patients have been diagnosed with Lassa fever in England, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. It's understood that the dangerous virus—which is typically transmitted from rats to ...

Or it's possible that something about the virus has changed. Most people catch Lassa fever from anything contaminated with rat urine, faeces, blood or saliva - through eating, drinking or simply ...

It was thought to live only in some multimammate rats, the most common rodent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly all human infections of Lassa fever come from animals, and people very rarely infect other ...

The 62-year-old is part of a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.

Lassa fever which is spread by rats that live in West, Central, and East Africa is an acute viralhemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. They carry the virus in their urine and faeces and live in ...

Lassa fever is a deadly viral hemorrhagic illness that lowers the platelet count in the blood and its ability to clot, ...

Sales of rat poison have taken off in Nigeria following an outbreak of Lassa fever that has left at least 76 people dead and sparked fears of contagion across the country. In the northern city of ...

The 62-year-old belongs to a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.

On Jan. 23, 2019, the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency due to a Lassa fever outbreak. The disease is transmitted through contact with rat feces, can spread from person to person ...