Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,569 suspected cases, and 174 deaths in 28 states across ...

Lassa fever overview: symptoms, transmission, treatment, vaccine challenges, public health responses, and travel precautions ...

Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,569 suspected cases, with 174 deaths in 28 states across ...

Lassa fever outbreaks are highly virulent and the loss of human lives resulting from disease are not just statistics but ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that it has recorded no fewer than 174 Lassa fever ...

Lassa Fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) caused by the Lassa virus, primarily spreads through contact ... it ...

Health officials are investigating the case of an Iowa resident who died of Lassa fever after traveling recently to West Africa.

“This is a difficult time for the family of this individual ... 80 percent of people who contract the virus have mild or no symptoms at all. Diagnosing Lassa fever can be difficult because ...

“This is a difficult time for the family of this individual ... to 300,000 cases of Lassa fever are diagnosed per annum. Roughly 5,000 deaths related to the virus occur every year.

In West Africa, the Lassa virus is carried by rodents and spread ... “This is a difficult time for the family of this individual and I want to express our deepest condolences,” Robert Kruse ...

Lassa fever has similar symptoms to the Ebola virus, causing hemorrhagic fever ... there is a risk of human spread, especially for family, friends and health care workers who tend to patients ...