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Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

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 ...

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 ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania -- Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in ...

Except for the nonpathogenic Reston species of Ebola ... rather than short-term international teams. But though Marburg virus infection had never previously been diagnosed in Rwanda, the 2024 ...

Two districts in the northwest Kagera region of Tanzania have reported outbreaks of the Marburg virus, known for its high fatality rate. Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating a ...

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...

More recently, a filovirus outbreak caused by Marburg virus began last ... This helps narrow down which bat species have a high potential to host the virus. "To me, this is putting together ...

More recently, a filovirus outbreak caused by Marburg virus began last September in ... This helps narrow down which bat species have a high potential to host the virus. “To me, this is putting ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, according to WHO. The agency has classified the risk for regional and ...