A young Ugandan scientist’s camera footage captured predators feeding on Marburg-carrying bats, revealing a new possible ...

Marburg disease is spreading rapidly in Rwanda, causing 11 fatalities so far. The virus, related to the Ebola virus, induces severe symptoms including bleeding from various body parts. Diagnosis ...

Marburg virus disease causes people to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this illness.

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. ... This is a colorized scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particles.

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. The virus, first recognized in 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal to humans. Rwanda's Marburg fever ...

There have been a number of Marburg virus disease outbreaks since then, notably in Angola during 2004-2005 and the Democratic Republic of Congo during 1998-2000, which killed hundreds of people.

An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed at least eight people in Rwanda. The highly-infectious disease is similar to Ebola, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in ...

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bedsheets.

Marburg disease is spreading rapidly in Rwanda, causing 11 fatalities so far. The virus, related to the Ebola virus, induces severe symptoms including bleeding from various body parts. Diagnosis ...

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.