Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing ...

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

The Marburg virus is a highly virulent pathogen belonging ... The disease typically begins with sudden symptoms such as high fever, severe malaise, and headaches. Within a week, infected ...

First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, this virus is also known as the 'bleeding eye' virus due to the strange symptoms that it can cause.

These individuals experienced multiple symptoms, including headache ... Samples collected from five of these people tested negative for Marburg virus. “The cause of [these] earlier reported ...

The world’s first confirmed outbreak of a filovirus, a family that includes both Marburg and Ebola ... evaluation early after symptoms began and before the virus had spread to their close ...

Marburg is highly infectious, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss. On average, the virus kills half of the people it ...

Marburg Virus Disease, caused by the Marburg virus, is a highly infectious illness often leading to severe symptoms and high fatality rates. “The disease can be transmitted through close contact with ...