Lassa fever - spread by infected rodents - has infected 3,700 people and killed 122 since the start of the year in Nigeria.

AN OUTBREAK of horrifying ‘rat fever’ has infected 3,700 people and killed 122 since the start of the year. Lassa fever – spread by infected rodents – is tearing through ...

The disease regularly crops up in parts of West Africa, particularly Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The virus is carried and spread by a species of rats called Mastomys rodents ...

There are thought to be almost 4,000 cases in a single country, with one case confirmed in the UK in February 2025.

HeroRAT Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has earned a Guinness World Records title as the most successful mine-detection ...

A survey conducted between 1995 and 1998 identified rats as having medicinal and spiritual properties, making them essential in treating ailments, enhancing fertility, and offering protection ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 645 confirned Lassa fever cases out of 3,465 suspected ...