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Safety and Immunogenicity of an rVSV Lassa fever vaccine candidate

Critical Summary The article by Malkin et al. presents the results of a phase 1, double-blind, randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the rVSVΔG-LASV-GPC vaccine, a recombinant vesicular...

3 December, 2025

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Lassa fever: A significant threat to pregnant women and children in West Africa

References Chaudhary M, Cutland CL, Bonet M, et al. Burden of Lassa fever disease in pregnant women and children and options for prevention. Vaccine. 2025;43(Pt 1):126479. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126479 Summary Lassa...

3 January, 2025

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Preventive vaccination could be a key strategy against Lassa fever and the next pandemic

Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford have for the first time been able to estimate the current burden of Lassa fever, project the impacts of a Lassa fever vaccination programme and...

29 August, 2024

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Lassa virus endemic area may expand dramatically in coming decades

New analysis by scientists at Scripps Research and University of Brussels finds that climate change and other factors could soon make deadly Lassa fever a much bigger public health problem in Africa In the study, which...

29 September, 2022

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