Contact with contaminated objects includes, contact with surfaces, materials (such as bedding) or medical equipment (such as needles) contaminated with a virus that can cause Ebola disease. Wash your ...

A Bolivian man has died after contracting Chapare virus, an Ebola-like disease so rare that there have only ever been 15 confirmed cases. The man, a farmer in his 50s, came down with a headache ...

The Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola, is a deadly disease that causes haemorrhaging and has a high mortality rate. This virus has recently resurfaced in Tanzania, infecting nine people and ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

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Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

Scientists have already identified that the virus mutated inside the Louisiana patient who died, raising concerns that bird flu may mutate, evolve and change in future. Currently, the symptoms of ...

Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key ... for Disease Control and Prevention. By comparison, Ebola virus kills between 25 and 90 percent of those infected in ...

The virus kills between 40 and 75% of those infected, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By comparison, Ebola virus ... the structure and behavior of ...

Researchers profile the molecular structure and ... deficits and death. The virus kills between 40 and 75 percent of those infected, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly. Patients present with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise.