Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which is a hemorrhagic fever that can be deadly in about one percent of infected ...
La Jolla, Calif. –Scripps Research in collaboration with the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have used a novel strategy to identify and study host cell proteins that contribute to multiplication of ...
Endemic in Western African countries, Lassa virus is transmitted to humans through food or household items that are contaminated with the urine or faeces of Mastomys rats. Even though many people who ...
Experimental approach could uncover new treatment options for the virus, which is highly prevalent in Western Africa. Scripps Research in collaboration with the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have ...