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.

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

"They evolved independently," Prof Holmes told AAP FactCheck. "Indeed, human proteins are closer to those found in snakes than Marburg virus is." Emeritus Professor John Mackenzie, a virology expert ...

According to the WHO, the highly fatal, zoonotic hemorrhagic disease is caused by the Marburg virus, and human-to-human transmission occurs through direct contact with body fluids from infected ...

Henipaviruses can infect many animals, including bats, horses, monkeys, dogs, cats and even rodents. This means they are more ...

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

Strains of the virus have been reported in poultry and wild birds across the country - and one person working on a farm in the West Midlands. Although there has only been one human case ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans.

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking at a joint news conference with World ...