Marburg, Ebola virus disease
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%.
What to Know About the Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak
In Rwanda, 11 deaths have been reported from this rare but deadly disease. Two people tested negative in Germany this week.
Marburg virus outbreak update: What to know as the disease spreads in Rwanda and causes international concern
An outbreak of Marburg, a contagious virus similar to Ebola, has impacted Rwanda and is causing concern of international spread.
Gilead to donate remdesivir for emergency use against Marburg disease in Rwanda
Gilead Sciences said on Thursday it would donate about 5,000 vials of its antiviral drug remdesivir to the Rwanda Medical Supply for emergency use in response to the Marburg virus outbreak. The drug is being supplied in conjunction with Rwanda's health ministry and the Africa Centers for Disease Control,
Rwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no treatment or vaccines for Marburg,
Rwanda Confirms 27 Cases of Marburg Virus Disease, Nine Deaths
Rwanda has reported nine deaths from its first-ever Marburg virus outbreak and confirmed 18 patients are in isolation, according to its health ministry.
Rwanda to start vaccine trials for Marburg disease in a few weeks
Rwanda will start cinical trials of experimental vaccines and treatments for Marburg disease in the next few weeks, its health minister said on Thursday, to fight the country's first outbreak of the viral fever,
Six dead from Marburg viral disease in Rwanda
Six people have been killed in Rwanda in an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
The first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda
Six people have died, and 20 others are being treated for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. This is the first-ever outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic disease in the country.
Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated
Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said Thursday, as the East African country searches for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities.
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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Deadly Marburg Virus Hits Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hard
Marburg has caused small, episodic outbreaks since first being identified, most recently last year in Tanzania and Ghana. It ...