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Lassa Fever Vaccine Clinical Trial Begins, Marking Key Step Forward
An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.
Bleeding eye virus Lassa fever could be in UK after case arrived from Nigeria
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been informed a person travelled to England from Nigeria while they were ...
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Lassa Vaccine Trial Opens
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun ...
Lassa fever: Ebola-like virus found in person who travelled to the UK
Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ ...
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Lassa Fever Scare In UK: Officials On Alert After Traveller From Nigeria Tests Positive
UK health officials are on high alert after a traveler from Nigeria tested positive for Lassa fever Learn about the virus its ...
What Is Lassa Fever? Symptoms And How It Spreads
The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The ...
Lassa fever found in UK as officials race to trace contacts of person with Ebola-like disease
Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...
UK detects case of Ebola-like disease that causes horrific bleeding and seizures – as officials rush to trace contacts
HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to find close contacts of a person who visited the UK while sick with Lassa Fever. The horrific ...
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Lassa fever cases decline in Nigeria, fatality rate remains high at 18.7% – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases across ...
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Lassa fever vaccine enters phase 1 clinical trial
Thomas Jefferson University has initiated a phase 1 clinical trial for a Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine developed at Jefferson in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), at the ...
What is Lassa fever and what are the symptoms after UK case
The virus, which can trigger seizures and make women bleed from their vagina, also causes difficulty breathing, vomiting, ...
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NIH-sponsored trial of Lassa vaccine opens
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun ...