Lassa fever to have a fearsome toll without vaccination
- RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Modelling suggests that the Lassa virus could infect millions in a decade, but vaccines under development could sharply reduce deaths.
Both severe and mild infections with Lassa virus (orange; artificially coloured) can cause hearing loss, which is often permanent. Credit: NIAID/Science Photo Library
Vaccinating people against Lassa fever — a viral disease considered to pose a high risk of causing a pandemic — could save thousands of lives and tens of millions of dollars 1 .
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02845-0
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