Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention listed 357 persons for follow-up over the possibility of being infected ...

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ ...

which is why it is sometimes called 'rat fever' There is currently no vaccine to treat or prevent it. Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, which is listed on the World Health Organisation ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, a senior official from the epidemiology unit of the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who recently ...

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and saliva.

New Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham left fans stunned when she claimed she is not yet married because she is "a rat". The 28-year-old, who put pen-to-paper with the Fever on January 31 as part ...