AN OUTBREAK of horrifying ‘rat fever’ has infected 3,500 people and killed 119 since the start of the year. Lassa fever – ...

There are thought to be almost 4,000 cases in a single country, with one case confirmed in the UK in February 2025.

Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - has infected 3,700 people and killed 122 since the start of the year in Nigeria.

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it. Lassa virus is spread by rodents, known as ...

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) last Sunday said at least 118 people have died from Lassa fever ...

Lassa fever is a viral disease spread by rats. It mainly affects people in parts of West Africa, where there are about 300,000 cases of Lassa fever and about 5,000 deaths from it each year.

After more than 20 years of research on arenaviruses, an Institut Pasteur team led by Sylvain Baize has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, which will strengthen the Institut ...

Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of ...

Lassa virus (a member of the Arenavirus family) causes Lassa fever, a severe hemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it.

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and that causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it. Lassa virus is spread by rodents, known as ...

Nigeria and Sierra Leone — and causes an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 cases and roughly 5,000 deaths per year, according to the CDC. There have been nine travel-related cases of Lassa fever in ...