Accurate data on the Lassa virus (LASV) human case fatality rate (CFR) and the prevalence
of LASV in humans, rodents and other mammals are needed for better planning of actions …

Ever since it was established that rodents serve as reservoirs of the zoonotic Lassa virus
(LASV), scientists have sought to answer the questions: which populations of rodents carry …

Lassa fever is a severe viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a zoonotic virus that repeatedly
spills over to humans from its rodent reservoirs. It is currently not known how climate and …

Background Lassa fever (LF) is a zoonotic infectious disease of public concern in Nigeria.
The infection dynamics of the disease is not well elucidated in Nigeria. This study was …

Lassa virus is genetically diverse with several lineages circulating in West Africa. This study
aimed at describing the sequence variability of Lassa virus across Nigeria and inferring its …

Lassa fever virus (LASV) causes acute viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms similar to
those seen with Ebola virus infections. LASV is endemic to West Africa and is transmitted …

Forecasting the risk of pathogen spillover from reservoir populations of wild or domestic
animals is essential for the effective deployment of interventions such as wildlife vaccination …

We phylogenetically compared sequences of the zoonotic Lassa virus (LASV) obtained from
Mastomys rodents in seven localities across the highly endemic Edo and Ondo States within …

Lassa virus (LASV), the causative agent of Lassa fever, is estimated to be responsible for up
to 300,000 new infections and 5000 deaths each year across Western Africa. The most …

This review focuses on reports of hepatitis E virus, hantavirus, rotavirus, coronavirus, and
arenavirus in synanthropic rodents (Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, and Mus musculus) …