Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a shipment of infected monkeys from Uganda was sent to a laboratory in Marburg, Germany. Laboratory workers, who were involved in manufacturing ...

Marburg virus, which belongs to the same family as ... and virus isolation by cell culture." Due to the extreme biohazard risk posed by samples collected from patients, laboratory testing on ...

The Marburg virus is a member of the filoviridae (filoviruses) family. The disease has an incubation period of 2 to 21 days, according to WHO. It then manifests its symptoms suddenly.

Dr Ezekiel Mecha, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nairobi and Certified Consultant at the International Federation of Biosafety Association, explains, “Marburg virus is a type of virus in ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, saying on Thursday that close collaboration had been key to the response.

Kenya has heightened its preparedness for a potential Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak following the confirmation of a case in Tanzania's Kagera region on Sunday, January 20. The Ministry of ...

Jamaican fruit bats support disseminated infection of Ebola but not Marburg virus. The differences in infection dynamics are partially attributable to Marburg’s less efficient entry and impaired ...