As UK authorities monitor for potential Lassa fever cases, it's important to understand the symptoms and how the virus spreads. According to the UK Health Security Agency, Lassa fever, the disease ...

The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus, which is rat-borne, is usually contracted by human contact with food or household items which have been contaminated by the urine ...

A type of rodent called the multimammate rat carries the Lassa fever virus in its pee and poop. There are lots of these rats in West, Central, and East Africa. They tend to live in homes and in ...

Lassa fever is a virus carried by Mastomys rats, a species of rodents common across sub-Saharan Africa, and it causes no ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as "very low". The virus, which is endemic in parts of West Africa, particularly Guinea ...

A Phase 1 clinical trial for a Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine has been developed by a team of researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, in collaboration with the University of Maryland ...