Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has being a disturbing health issue. Lets discuss a little about this. Lassa fever also known as Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever (LHF) is a virus which is caused by Lassa virus and can be traced back to the year 1969, in a town called Lassa in Borno state, Nigeria. This disease has spread to over four countries including Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and also the Central African Republic. The primary hosts of Lassa virus is the Natal Multimammate mouse popularly known aa "long mouthed rat" in Nigeria. How does this disease spread ? This virus is transmitted when in contact with faeces or urine of animals (rodents and humans) accessing food stores in homes. Then humans consume contaminated food. The signs and symptoms The symptoms of this virus are complicating, it involves fever, fatigue, facial swelling, conjunctivitis, and muscular bleeding. Also it might beas complex as vomiting blood, diarrhea, stomach ache, constipation, Dys