Marburg, Ebola and Rwanda
Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda – what you need to know
Marburg virus is named after the town in Germany where it first emerged. In 1967, there were simultaneous outbreaks at laboratories in Marburg and Belgrade in Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia). The outbreak was caused by African green monkeys imported from Uganda for use in experiments. Seven people died.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue its second-highest level of travel notice for Rwanda, asking ...
Rwanda has announced plans to begin vaccine trials to combat the deadly Marburg virus after it took custody of 700 vaccine ...
Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the ...
Rwanda’s first recorded infections of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever, is another sign that outbreaks of ...
Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...
Rwanda has banned hospital visits and has curtailed funerals as it tries to halt a deadly Ebola-like haemorrhagic fever that ...
Ten people have died in Rwanda from the highly contagious Marburg ... He said the source of the disease has not been determined yet. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats.
Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries ...
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