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The Plateau State Government has confirmed death of two persons from a fresh Suspected outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...

is caused by the Lassa virus. The virus is primarily transmitted to humans through food or household items contaminated by the urine or faeces of infected Mastomys rats, which is common in West ...

The vaccine candidate is being evaluated in a ring vaccination trial as part of a comprehensive public health response ...

This involves participating in the Enable study, a multi-country epidemiology project to better understand the rate, location, and spread of Lassa virus across the region. She added that, in September ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 143 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 484 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 12, 2025, across seven states ...

Asema, who doubles as the Manager of the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre said both Lassa fever and Ebola virus are zoonotic acute viral diseases which have the same symptoms and are ...

The Plateau State Government has confirmed the death of two persons following a fresh outbreak of suspected Lassa fever in the state. Dr. Cletus Shurkuk, the state’s Commissioner for Health ...

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, has announced that the country ...