NIH has launched a human trial for LASSARAB, a dual-purpose vaccine targeting Lassa fever and rabies. Early animal studies ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 645 confirned Lassa fever cases out of 3,465 suspected cases from January to March, 2025, in 33 states, across 91 local government ...

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 ...

An NIH-sponsored clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants.

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 ...

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Lassa fever vaccine is one step closer to approval. Lassa virus infections, primarily spread by rodents, can cause a fatal ...

An Institut Pasteur team has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, that will strengthen the organization’s ...

Nigeria has recorded 645 confirmed Lassa fever cases across 33 states in the first quarter of 2025, according to health ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

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