SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to develop a lifesaving vaccine. This marks a sharp increase from the two ...

Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly ... which could include bleeding under the skin, in internal organs, or from orifices such as the mouth, eyes or ears. In fatal cases, death ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

A POTENTIAL new outbreak of Ebola has sickened at least 12 people and killed eight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It ...

“Once introduced in the human population, Marburg virus can spread through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood ...

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human ...

The Kenyan government is on high alert following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. On September 27, Rwanda reported an outbreak, with over 50 people infected and 13 deaths recorded.

Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or contaminated surfaces ...

Ebola and Marburg viruses are part of a group of viruses known as filoviruses, which are notorious for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates. These viruses have been ...

Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal ...