Favipiravir, an investigational antiviral drug currently being tested in West Africa as a treatment for Ebola virus disease, effectively treated Lassa virus infection in guinea pigs, according to a ...

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 ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS) today announced that it has dosed the first participant in its Phase 1 study evaluating the safety and ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-led research demonstrates that an oral antiviral drug, 4′-fluorouridine (4′-FlU), effectively inhibits lethal arenavirus infections in animal models.

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 ...

The clinical trial of a Lassa fever candidate vaccine has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. Lassa virus (a member of the Arenavirus family) ...

Baamlong said the patients were currently being treated and the ministry has commenced an active contact tracing and surveillance in line with the national and international public health protocols.

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 ...

UK health officials have issued an alert after a person with Lassa fever, which can cause an Ebola-like illness, travelled to England at the end of last month. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) ...

A case of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, has been confirmed in a person who recently ...