A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials confirmed Monday. "I want to assure Iowans that the risk of transmission is ...

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Scientists plan to use their new map of the Lassa virus surface glycoprotein to design a much-needed vaccine. A new study from scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) gives researchers a ...

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa died Monday from a rare viral hemorrhagic fever that can be transmitted among humans through infected body fluids, state ...

IOWA, USA — Although rarely seen in the United States, concerns have emerged after an Iowa resident died earlier this month from a suspected case of Lassa fever. The CDC says Lassa fever is a viral ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently ...

“Every day, thousands of people move in and out of Lagos by road and air. In a megacity like ours, infectious diseases can spread very quickly if not contained early, as seen during the COVID-19 ...

The Lassa fever vaccine candidate — a replication-competent recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-vectored vaccine encoding a Lassa virus (LASV) glycoprotein complex (rVSVΔG-LASV-GPC) — demonstrated ...

A case of Lassa fever has been reported in Paris, France, sparking lurid warnings about the “horrific Ebola-like bug”. As the name suggests, Lassa fever causes a high temperature, but also weakness, ...

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