Dec 5, 2024 · Lassa fever is an acute viral illness caused by Lassa virus that was first identified in 1969 in Nigeria. The virus belongs to the virus family Arenaviridae. Lassa fever is a zoonotic …

Dec 27, 2019 · Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family of viruses. It is transmitted to humans from contacts with food …

May 1, 2023 · Nigeria is currently experiencing a large outbreak of Lassa fever, with 4702 suspected cases, five probable cases, and 877 confirmed cases between epidemiological …

May 13, 2022 · On 22 April 2022, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Guinea declared a Lassa fever outbreak following the laboratory confirmation of two cases from the Guéckédou …

Feb 22, 2018 · Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever illness that is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces. …

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever that is primarily transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with urine or faeces from Mastomys rats. Though to a …

Feb 21, 2022 · Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever illness that is primarily transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with infected Mastomys rats’ …

How to safely collect blood samples by phlebotomy from patients suspected to be infected with Lassa fever (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018). How to safely ship human blood …

May 1, 2018 · Lassa fever was first described and LASV was first isolated in 1969 when two missionary nurses became ill and died in the town of Lassa, Nigeria. Since then, Lassa fever …

Dec 27, 2019 · Introduction to Lassa fever. Managing infectious hazards. 27 December 2019 | Publication. Download (1.3 MB ...