Lassa fever has reached the US for the first time in a decade, in a case that has surprised health officials. The middle-aged ...

Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of a number of illnesses which can cause dangerous epidemics, but for which no ...

An Iowa resident has died from a suspected case of Lassa fever after returning from West Africa. Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic illness spread by Mastomys rats, is endemic in several ...

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa Virus. It is spread by a rat named Mastomys natalensis, who found in parts of West Africa. As per the information provided by ...