Developing potent therapeutics and effective vaccines are the ultimate goals in controlling
infectious diseases. Lassa virus (LASV), the causative pathogen of Lassa fever (LF), infects …

Lassa virus (LASV) infection is expanding outside its traditionally endemic areas in West
Africa, posing a pandemic biothreat. LASV-neutralizing antibodies, moreover, have proven …

The Bunyavirales order includes at least fourteen families with diverse but related viruses,
which are transmitted to vertebrate hosts by arthropod or rodent vectors. These viruses are …

Lassa virus (LASV) is the causative agent of the deadly Lassa fever (LF). Seven distinct
LASV lineages circulate through western Africa, among which lineage I (LI), the first to be …

Arenaviruses belonging to the Arenaviridae family, genus mammarenavirus, are enveloped,
single-stranded RNA viruses primarily found in rodent species, that cause severe …

Lassa fever is an acute hemorrhagic fever caused by the zoonotic Lassa virus (LASV). The
LASV glycoprotein complex (GPC) mediates viral entry and is the sole target for neutralizing …

The mammarenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a globally distributed
zoonotic pathogen that can be lethal in immunocompromised patients and can cause severe …

Lassa virus is estimated to cause thousands of human deaths per year, primarily due to
spillovers from its natural host, Mastomys rodents. Efforts to create vaccines and antibody …

The COVID‐19 pandemic caught the world largely unprepared, including scientific and
policy communities. On April 10–13, 2022, researchers across academia, industry …

Background Lassa fever is a hemorrhagic disease caused by Lassa virus (LASV), which has
been classified by the World Health Organization as one of the top infectious diseases …