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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Marburg virus disease: A summary for clinicians [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objectives: This article summarizes the countermeasures for Marburg virus disease, focusing on pathogenesis, clinical features and diagnostics. There is an emphasis on therapies and vaccines that have demonstrated, through their evaluation in nonhuman ...
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Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease, Equatorial Guinea, 2023 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesIn February 2023, the government of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. We describe the response structure and epidemiologic characteristics, including case-patient demographics, clinical manifestations, risk factors, and ...
Stephanie Ngai +28 more
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Detection of Marburg Virus Disease in Guinea [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 Sophie Duraffour +2 more
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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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A mathematical model of Marburg virus disease outbreaks and the potential role of vaccination in control [PDF]
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Marburg virus disease is an acute haemorrhagic fever caused by Marburg virus. Marburg virus is zoonotic, maintained in nature in Egyptian fruit bats, with occasional spillover infections into humans and nonhuman primates.
George Y. Qian +3 more
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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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Environmental Health InsightsThe World Health Organization (WHO) defined Disease X as an upcoming disease with the potential to cause a pandemic. Pathogen X is responsible for Disease X.
Rahima Akter Mitu, Md. Rabiul Islam
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Marburg virus and the disease it causes
Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2022 Over the 50 years since its discovery, many properties of the Marburg virus have been studied, but no reliable medical remedies of preventing and treating the infection it causes have been developed, although it can potentially cause large-scale ...
Vladimir A. Markin
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Marburg Virus Disease: Epidemiology, Immune Responses, and Innovations in Vaccination and Treatment for Enhanced Public Health Strategies [PDF]
PathogensMarburg virus disease (MVD) remains an important global health concern, in part because of its particularly high mortality rate [...]
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