An international team of researchers has developed the largest genomic data set in the world on Lassa virus (LASV). The new genomic catalog contains nearly 200 viral genomes collected from patient ...

Last month, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the death of a middle-aged eastern Iowa resident from Lassa fever after he traveled to West Africa. The News spoke with three ...

African health authorities on Thursday confirmed a possible outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia that is under investigation after eight suspected cases were ...

This month’s story comes from the Bloom lab using their signature deep mutational scanning technique to identify mutations in the surface protein of Lassa virus -called glycoprotein- that escape ...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of two mature extracellular Lassa virus particles (purple) near the periphery of a VERO E6 cell (green). A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NEXSTAR) — Health officials are investigating the death of an Iowa resident believed to have contracted Lassa fever, a viral ...

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 ...

Lassa virus is an arenavirus that is endemic to West Africa and is spread by Mastomys rats. In severe cases, the virus can cause hemorrhagic fever. There is no licensed antiviral agent for Lassa virus ...