Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preparedness Regarding Marburg Virus Disease Among Healthcare Workers in Awi Zone Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: An outbreak of Marburg virus in Jinka Town, Southern Ethiopia, has raised significant concern regarding the potential spreading of disease throughout the country.
Ayenew Genet Kebede +11 more
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Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2012 Marburg virus (family Filoviridae) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Bats have been implicated as likely natural reservoir hosts based most recently on an investigation of cases among miners infected in 2007 ...
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Marburg Virus Infection Detected in a Common African Bat [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Marburg and Ebola viruses can cause large hemorrhagic fever (HF) outbreaks with high case fatality (80-90%) in human and great apes. Identification of the natural reservoir of these viruses is one of the most important topics in this field and a ...
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Forty-Five Years of Marburg Virus Research
Viruses, 2012 In 1967, the first reported filovirus hemorrhagic fever outbreak took place in Germany and the former Yugoslavia. The causative agent that was identified during this outbreak, Marburg virus, is one of the most deadly human pathogens.
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Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats
PLoS Pathogens, 2009 In July and September 2007, miners working in Kitaka Cave, Uganda, were diagnosed with Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The likely source of infection in the cave was Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) based on detection of Marburg virus RNA in 31/611
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Anselm Hüttenbrenner in Lower Styria (1853–1858)
De Musica Disserenda, 2022 After the Styrian composer Anselm Hüttenbrenner had largely withdrawn from public life, he spent most of his time between the autumn of 1853 and the autumn of 1858 in Maribor (Marburg).
Marko Motnik
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FIFA World Cup 2022 and the Risk of Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022 The 2022 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup will take place in Qatar and will be a one-of-a-kind mega-crowd gathering.
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2022 outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ghana: Public health alert
Environmental Disease, 2022 Marburg virus disease is a severe viral disease that is often associated with high mortality. The outbreak of the fatal hemorrhagic disease has been reported for the first time in Ghana in 2022, wherein two cases of the disease were reported in hospitals.
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava +1 more
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The Utility of Human Immune System Mice for High-Containment Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Research
Vaccines, 2020 Human immune system (HIS) mice are a subset of humanized mice that are generated by xenoengraftment of human immune cells or tissues and/or their progenitors into immunodeficient mice.
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Marburg Virus Persistence on Fruit as a Plausible Route of Bat to Primate Filovirus Transmission
Viruses, 2021 Marburg virus (MARV), the causative agent of Marburg virus disease, emerges sporadically in sub-Saharan Africa and is often fatal in humas. The natural reservoir for this zoonotic virus is the frugivorous Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus ...
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