In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent coin.

The World Health Organisation notes that Marburg Virus Disease is rare but severe and often fatal in humans. In certain outbreaks, fatality rates have swung drastically from 24% to 88% in the past.

According to the World Health Organisation, the Marburg virus disease is a deadly disease which is highly virulent, can cause haemorrhagic fever and in some cases can also be fatal. It belongs to ...

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 ...

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public ...

26 suspected cases were tested of which one came back positive for Marburg Virus. Tanzania's President ... Marburg causes a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted from fruit ...

Tanzania previously reported an outbreak of Marburg in March 2023 – the country’s first – in Kagera region, in which a total of nine cases (eight confirmed and one probable) and six deaths ...

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 ...

Arusha: 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 up to 88per ...

The denial came after the WHO said it had received reliable reports that eight people had died of suspected cases of the virus in the same area on Jan. 10. Victims had presented with typical Marburg ...