Marburg Virus Disease: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Given the recent deadly outbreaks of the Marburg virus (MARV), in early 2023 in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, and the most recent one in Rwanda in 2024, there has been renewed attention across Africa on the threat posed by the re ...
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Ebola and Marburg virus matrix layers are locally ordered assemblies of VP40 dimers
eLife, 2020 Filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg virus bud from the host membrane as enveloped virions. This process is achieved by the matrix protein VP40. When expressed alone, VP40 induces budding of filamentous virus-like particles, suggesting that localization
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A retrospective cohort investigation of seroprevalence of Marburg virus and ebolaviruses in two different ecological zones in Uganda [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Uganda has experienced seven Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks and four Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreaks between 2000 and 2019. We investigated the seroprevalence and risk factors for Marburg virus and ebolaviruses in gold mining ...
Luke Nyakarahuka +10 more
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Marburg Virus in Fruit Bat, Kenya [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Ivan V. Kuzmin +8 more
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Can Marburg virus be sexually transmitted? [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aim Marburg virus (MARV) is a highly virulent virus of animal origin and the cause of a lethal infection (known as Marburg virus disease [MVD]) with a case‐fatality ratio ranging from 24% to 90%.
Hassan Karami +2 more
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Rwanda’s first Marburg virus outbreak [PDF]
Journal of Travel MedicineAs of 15 October 2024, Rwanda’s Marburg Virus Disease outbreak had caused 62 cases and 15 deaths (case fatality rates 24.2%), with significant transmission among healthcare workers. World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control issued warnings and travel advisories, emphasizing strict protocols.
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A surrogate BSL2-compliant infection model recapitulating key aspects of human Marburg virus disease [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and InfectionsMarburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe infectious disease caused by the Marburg virus (MARV), posing a significant threat to humans. MARV needs to be operated under strict biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory conditions.
Wanying Yang +10 more
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Ethiopia's first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak: Implications for health security in Jordan in the context of labor migration [PDF]
New Microbes New InfectAla’a B. Al‐Tammemi +1 more
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Etymologia: Marburg Virus [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Ronnie Henry, Frederick A. Murphy
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Epidemiological description of Marburg virus disease outbreak in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania [PDF]
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