Genomic tracing and rapid vaccine deployment helped Rwanda overcome deadly virus with lowest recorded fatality rate.

A technical team from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) is in Rwanda as part of the preparations for a study on Marburg virus immunity among recovered patients.Led by Rwanda ...

At least 44 contacts of the victim have been identified, including 30 health workers and patients at Mulago Hospital, according to reports. AP Tanzania declared an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...

The UK Health Security Agency has launched a pioneering genetics test which will be used to monitor NHS patient samples and could help identify the next ‘Disease X’ ...

Tanzania is right now experiencing a Marburg outbreak, with the death of eight of the nine confirmed patients. The only way to safeguard Americans against the virus, which triggers bleeding from ...

Certain regions of the equatorial holiday spot are currently experiencing a deadly outbreak of Marburg Virus. Namely the ... supportive care for the patient and combatting the symptoms individually.

"Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus. Fortunately, the remaining ...

Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible and infectious virus that comes from the the same family as the Ebola virus. First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt ...

Instead, Hassan said that authorities had "identified one patient (who) has been infected with Marburg virus". "The cause of the earlier reported deaths in the community has not been confirmed and ...

Following a brief respite of a day or two, patients experience stomach and chest pain, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, and dizziness. Ultimately, the disease progresses to bleeding from bodily ...

In the East African country of Rwanda, however, a courageous, unified, and successful response to the global threat posed by a major outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) offers reason for hope ...