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Treatment for Hemorrhagic Fever on the Anvil Following New Discovery
A major biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells - a finding that may provide potential treatment for hemorrhagic fever has been identified by scientists at...
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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Model may Need a Rethink
The dogma of the antibody-dependent enhancement model (ADE) for the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is being challenged by research published this week in IPLoS Medicine/I. Dengue virus...
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Lassa Fever Outbreak Claims Its Third Victim in Sierra Leone
A South African civil engineer has become the third fatal victim of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in northern Sierra Leone, a health ministry official said Thursday. While the acute viral haemorrhagic...
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WHO Says There are 500,000 Lassa Fever Cases Each Year in West Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday that there are an estimated 500,000 people in west Africa infected with lassa fever every year. This data was released amid calls for more money to...
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Vulnerability to Ebola and Lassa Fever can Now be Properly Assessed, Says...
Identifying vulnerabilities to Ebola and Lassa fever outbreaks is now possible, revealed research from the University of Surrey and University of Cambridge. This will aid government agencies and...
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Lassa Fever Vaccine to Enter Clinical Testing in Humans
Lassa fever caused by Lassa arenavirus could be prevented by one of the vaccine candidates that is found to be the most efficacious to enter clinical testing in humans. This raises hopes in the fight...
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Zoonotic Tuberculosis may be Greater Than Previously Thought
Tuberculosis spread from animals to humans may be much higher than previously estimated, according to an international team of researchers. The results could have implications for epidemiological...
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Experts Say Zoonotic Threats Must be Integrated into Global Health Security...
Global experts said the surveillance of zoonotic diseases must be integrated into health security intelligence systems, if future pandemics are to be handled effectively. The authors of the paper,...
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Lassa Fever Kills 80
Across Nigeria a total of 80 deaths have been reported due to the spread of Lassa fever, revealed the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). A total of 434 confirmed cases of Lassa fever have been...
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Lassa Fever Causes Death, Shows Rise in Global Infectious Disease Risk
Lassa fever has killed a new-born baby in the UK last week and this has raised concerns about the risk of global infectious diseases. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness, similar to...
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Transmission Mechanism of Zoonotic Disease Revealed!
Bacteria from Danish pigs are found to be associated with drug-resistant infections circulating in hospital patients as per a study at the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut in...
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40 Hemorrhagic Fever Cases Reported in Iraq
About 40 viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) cases were registered in Iraq, eight of whom have died. Al-Badr said the latest death was confirmed earlier Friday in the northern province of Kirkuk. h2 Viral...
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One Health Approach to Prevent Future Zoonotic Diseases
The adoption of a preventive One Health approach helps minimize the risk of future emergence of known and unknown zoonotic pathogens. The scientists, writing a commentary published in the CABI One...
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A Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Protects Against Lassa Fever
bHighlights/bul class="group-list" liA mixture of three monoclonal antibodies was able to neutralize different strains of Lassa virus (LASV) in vitro/li liThe cocktail protected non-human primates...
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From Animals to Humans: Tackling Zoonotic Diseases on World Zoonoses Day
bHighlights:/b ul class="group-list" li World Zoonoses Day 2023 highlights the risks and impact of zoonotic diseases, which are infections that can be transmitted between animals and humans /li li...
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