The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing quarantine measures and source tracing to curb the spread of the disease, said ...

Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD ... and bleeding from various ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

In neighbouring Tanzania, nine people died last month after testing positive for the Marburg virus, a highly infectious ... to 21 days to appear following infection - this is known as an ...

A research team led by plant virus expert Dr. Björn Krenz from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Henipaviruses can infect many animals, including bats, horses, monkeys, dogs, cats and even rodents. This means they are more ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

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