More information about FCDO travel advice can be found here. But what exactly is the Marburg virus? Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe and often fatal illness similar to Ebola, is caused by the ...

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 ...

There are currently no approved vaccines for the Marburg virus disease, a virulent condition leading to haemorrhagic fever.

Rwanda is facing an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a severe illness characterised by hemorrhagic fever. With six ...

For the first time, scientists have detected Marburg virus in bats in West Africa. Earlier this month (December 20), they reported that five Egyptian rousette fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) ...

From monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the most recent outbreak of the Marburg virus in Rwanda, health authorities are facing significant challenges in managing these deadly diseases.

The allowed claims generally cover prevention of Marburg virus infection utilizing GeoVax's proprietary MVA-based Marburg vaccine. Previous presentations of data from nonhuman primate studies ...

There are currently no approved vaccines for the Marburg virus disease, a virulent condition leading to haemorrhagic fever. The disease is caused by the Marburg filovirus, which belongs to the ...