Lassa fever has claimed 70 lives this year, with Taraba, Ondo and Edo states having the highest number of casualties, Daily Trust reports.According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

More specifically, the fever is brought on by the Lassa virus, which is spread by the aforementioned rat. The virus is spread ...

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

The Plateau State Government has confirmed death of two persons from a fresh Suspected outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.

When a mosquito bites an infected nonhuman host, such as a sick bird, the virus is transported with freshly ingested blood into the mosquito’s midgut – the equivalent to the human stomach and ...

Humans usually become infected with the Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items, contaminated with urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats. The disease is endemic in the rodent ...

is caused by the Lassa virus. The virus is primarily transmitted to humans through food or household items contaminated by the urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats, which is common in West ...

The Plateau State Government has confirmed the death of two persons following a fresh outbreak of suspected Lassa fever in the state. Dr. Cletus Shurkuk, the state’s Commissioner for Health ...

He said the Ministry of Health and Human Services had alerted all ... Health Emergency Operation Centre said both Lassa fever and Ebola virus are zoonotic acute viral diseases which have the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 54 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 196 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The NCDC also ...