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

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

Lassa fever killed 118 people in Nigeria in the first three months of this year, the West African country's Centre for ...

Lassa fever is an acute febrile illness which is caused by a virus with an incubation period of between six to 21 days. The ...

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

Nigerian health authorities have reported thousands of suspected cases of the deadly lassa fever across 33 states between ...

A renowned virologist and former vice-chancellor of Redeemer’s University, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has warned that Lassa fever would continue to devastate ...

Msuega also urged people to sleep in well-ventilated rooms to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including Lassa fever, especially during the hot season.

The Edo State Government has announced that a total of 15 people have died from Lassa fever since its outbreak in the state. DAILY POST reports that the Director of Public Health, Edo State ...

According to NCDC, those at higher risk of Lassa fever include people living in rat-infested environments, those consuming contaminated food or water, healthcare workers without adequate infection ...