Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a shipment of infected monkeys from Uganda was sent to a laboratory in Marburg, Germany. Laboratory workers, who were involved in manufacturing ...

Marburg Virus Disease is a highly contagious viral ... treatment centers to prevent further transmission. The WHO explained that zoonotic reservoirs, such as fruit bats, remain endemic to the ...

More information about FCDO travel advice can be found here. But what exactly is the Marburg virus? Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe and often fatal illness similar to Ebola, is caused by the ...

Bird flu in America. Marburg virus in Africa. Warnings about “Disease X.” These headlines are unsettling, but, for those of us who study infectious diseases, they have become the new normal.

Marburg virus: What we know about Ghana's first outbreakMarburg virus: What we know about Ghana's first outbreak ...

“Marburg is highly infectious,” a WHO expert explained Following the death of nine people due to the so-called Marburg virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has convened an emergency ...

Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease.

For the first time, scientists have detected Marburg virus in bats in West Africa. Earlier this month (December 20), they reported that five Egyptian rousette fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) ...

The allowed claims generally cover prevention of Marburg virus infection utilizing GeoVax's proprietary MVA-based Marburg vaccine. Previous presentations of data from nonhuman primate studies ...

On January 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which ended on March 13. Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease. For the U.S. clinical trial ...