Prions, mysterious shape-shifting proteins, can lead to brain disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and ...

The World Health Organization has lauded Rwanda's successful containment of the Marburg Virus Disease ... a regional model for collective action in the face of future infectious disease threats." ...

In September 2024, Rwanda faced an unprecedented public health crisis: its first-ever outbreak of a filovirus—Marburg Virus Disease (MVD ... This South-to-South collaboration model—where neighboring ...

In September 2024, Rwanda experienced its first-ever filovirus outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease ... both a national achievement and a regional model for collective action in the face of future ...

The aim of this integrative review was to identify knowledge gaps and contribute to a holistic understanding about the environmental drivers of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), Marburg ...

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public ...

Ebolaviruses and Marburg virus (MARV) both belong to the family Filoviridae and cause severe haemorrhagic fever in humans ... new funding mechanisms and partnership models should also be considered.

The first-ever potential Marburg vaccines arrived Saturday in the country, where the virus ... market model — of Big Pharma buying up promising candidates for clinical development — on its head. But ...

Rwanda is in the midst of its first outbreak of Marburg virus – an often fatal disease with symptoms similar to Ebola. So far, 46 cases have been recorded and 12 deaths. The source of the ...

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 ...