As part of a person's first line of defense against viruses and other microbes that cause illness and disease, a whole network of proteins and other molecules detect and respond to intruders, which ...

The vaccines are intended to be developed for use against Marburg virus and Sudan ebolavirus, two hemorrhagic fevers in the ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

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Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

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Two of the viruses are similar to the deadly Hendra and Nipah viruses, the research said. The Hendra virus causes a rare, flu-like reaction that can be fatal in humans and horses, according to the ...

SINGAPORE] Scientists have discovered 20 previously unknown viruses in bats from China’s Yunnan province, including two closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, raising fresh concerns ...

Infected people can further transmit the virus to others via their body fluids, such as blood, urine, saliva, feces, or semen. About 50% of the people who get Marburg virus disease die.

People remain infectious as long as their blood contains the virus and burial ceremonies that involve direct contact with the body can also result in infection. Fruit bats spread Marburg to humans.