The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 3,465 suspected cases of Lassa fever, with 645 confirmed infections and 118 deaths between January and.

Your odds of catching it are highest if you encounter infected rats while visiting or living in one of these African countries: The mortality rate for Lassa fever depends on the severity of your case.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 645 confirned Lassa fever cases out of 3,465 suspected cases from January to March, 2025, in 33 states, across 91 local government ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that 118 lives were lost to Lassa fever during the first quarter of 2025. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the ...

In some West African countries, where the disease is endemic, people usually become infected through exposure to food, or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of rats. Lassa fever is rare ...

Ogun state government has confirmed Lassa Fever outbreak in the state, and one index case of a 25-year-old female corps ...

But it also probably exists in other West African countries as well. An ecologist extracts a sample of blood from a Mastomys Natalensis rodent. Lassa fever is carried by the Mastomys Natalensis ...

An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.

ABEOKUTA —THE Ogun State government, yesterday, confirmed a case of Lassa fever, officially declaring an outbreak in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement ...

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic illness caused ... The virus is endemic in several West African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, where human-to-human transmission ...

In some West African countries, where the disease is endemic, people usually become infected through exposure to food, or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of rats. Lassa fever is ...