Ebola, Marburg and Rwanda
What To Know About The Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Amid False Alarm German Outbreak
There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%.
Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Outbreak Kills 11 in Rwanda
The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health facilities.
What Is The Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in Rwanda That Has Killed 8 People?
An outbreak of the life-threatening Marburg virus in Rwanda has led to the deaths of eight people, according to officials. The virus, similar to Ebola, has no specific treatment or vaccine, making prevention the best possible way to escape it.
Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. The announcement comes just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.
What is Marburg virus? Rwanda outbreak has the WHO on high alert
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 ...
What is Marburg virus? Outbreak of Ebola-like disease detected in yet another country
Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.
Marburg virus kills 11 in Rwanda. What to know about the Ebola-like outbreak and symptoms
Rwanda declared an outbreak of the highly contagious Marburg virus​, a deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.
What is Ebola-like Marburg Virus that has killed 11 people
The Marburg virus disease, a deadly Ebola-like illness, has claimed 11 lives and infected 25 others in Rwanda, East Africa, since the country declared an outbreak on September 27. The World Health Organization (WHO) has categorized the risk of this outbreak as "very high" at the national level and "high" at the regional level.
Deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has health officials on high alert
Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat Marburg virus.
Marburg vaccines rushed to Rwanda to protect healthcare workers battling outbreak
Marburg vaccines are set to arrive in Rwanda in the coming days to help protect healthcare workers fighting an outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever.
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Ebola's exponential growth
By Gwynne Dyer - Here are two good things about the Ebola virus. It is unlikely to mutate into a version that can spread through the air, as some other viruses have done. And people who have been ...
US Deploys Experts to Deal With Deadly Ebola-Like Outbreak
Marburg virus outbreaks can have high fatality rates, killing up to 88 percent of those infected, according to the World ...
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Govt targets 25,000 people in new Ebola vaccination drive
Dr Olaro revealed that Uganda received the vaccines after the Minister of Health reached out to the global community to ...
Marburg virus feared in Hamburg as two people hospitalized
Two people have been hospitalized with the suspected Marburg virus in Hamburg after at least one returned from treating ...
Major travel warning issued as eight people die from incurable virus similar to Ebola
Authorities in the African country say 26 cases have so far been confirmed of the Marburg virus, which causes a deadly ...
Rwanda Will Deploy Marburg Vaccine Under Trial as Death Toll Rises to 12
Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries ...