Oct 21, 2018 | Publication
As a result of years of collaborative investment in training Nigerian scientists, genomic information about Lassa virus enabled public health officials to make real-time management decisions during the 2018 uptick in cases. Mounting a collaborative, real-time response...
Aug 9, 2018 | Publication
In two papers published in Cell and Cell Host Microbe VHFC investigators describe in detail antibody responses to Ebola virus. By systematic analysis of a large set of more than 170 monoclonal antibodies to Ebola virus, the researchers show which immunological...
Jul 30, 2018 | Publication
VHFC Scientists conducting the first comprehensive study of key immune system cells – collected from West African Ebola survivors – that kill Ebola infected cells have made a surprising discovery that provides important clues to developing effective...
Apr 12, 2018 | Publication
A new study from VHFC researchers in the journal Scientific Reports provide validation for a new rapid diagnostic test for Lassa fever. It is difficult to distinguish febrile illnesses that are common in West Africa from Lassa fever based solely on a patient’s...
Mar 26, 2018 | Press release
VHFC partner, Zalgen Labs LLC (Zalgen), a biotechnology and diagnostics company focused on high-impact, neglected infectious diseases including Lassa fever (LF), today announced that The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Zalgen a Phase I grant to advance...
Mar 12, 2018 | Publication
A team of scientists at led by Pardis Sabeti at the Broad Institute has published a study that presents detailed clinical and laboratory data for Nigerian patients with Lassa fever. The authors did a multi-year large-scale retrospective, observational cohort study of...
Feb 27, 2018 | Press release
With a new $15 million grant, VHFC scientists at Scripps Research are gearing up for an in-depth study of survivors of viral outbreaks. The grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will support the efforts of...
Jul 12, 2017 | Press release
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test a promising drug treatment against Lassa fever and develop a vaccine against the deadly disease endemic in parts of West Africa. The NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and...
Jun 5, 2017 | Publication
A team of scientists at Scripps Research (Scripps Research) in La Jolla, California has published a study that shows the structure of the viral machinery that Lassa virus uses to enter human cells. The Scripps Research team, led by VHFC researcher Dr. Erica Ollmann...
