ICER Director Highlights Promise of Universal Lassa Vaccine Ahead of Scientific Symposium.

The Executive Director of the International Centre of Excellence, Prof. Alash’le Abimiku, has said that similarities among different Lassa virus strains offer hope for a single vaccine to protect against the disease across West Africa.

Abimiku made this known to newsmen in Abuja, ahead of the institute’s 3rd Annual Scientific Symposium to hold on Monday and Tuesday. She harped on the institute’s focus areas in tackling infectious diseases prevalent in the region, said the centre had conducted a study on both the virus and the rodents that transmit Lassa fever to better understand how strains vary across states and countries.