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The Marburg virus VP35 protein (beige) surrounds the virus's double-stranded RNA (blue), masking it from immune system detection.
Marburg virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever and 24% to 88% of people who contracted the disease in different outbreaks died. Latest U.S.
The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of which resulted ...
What is the Marburg virus? It's viral, haemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola. It's highly infectious and was initially detected in 1967 after outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany ...
Marburg virus has only reached the US once before in 2008, when it was diagnosed in a woman who had returned from a two-week safari in Uganda. She was hospitalised but later made a full recovery ...
An illustration of the Marburg virus. ... Marburg virus belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola and causes similar symptoms such as severe fatigue, headache and haemorrhaging.
The fatality ratio of the Marburg virus, which is “in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola,” ranges from 24% to 88% depending on case severity, according to WHO.
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 ...
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments specifically for this virus.
The WHO has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana. Here's what to know about the Ebola relative from symptoms to spread.
Marburg virus was first identified in 1967 following outbreaks in laboratories in Marburg, Germany, and Belgrade, Serbia, Seven people died after being exposed to the virus while conducting ...
The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of which resulted ...