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Knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Uganda using quantitative and participatory epidemiology techniques.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundUganda has reported five (5) Ebola virus disease outbreaks and three (3) Marburg virus disease outbreaks from 2000 to 2016. Peoples' knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus disease impact on control and prevention measures ...
Luke Nyakarahuka, Eystein Skjerve, Daisy Nabadda, Doreen Chilolo Sitali, Chisoni Mumba, Frank N Mwiine, Julius J Lutwama, Stephen Balinandi, Trevor Shoemaker, Clovice Kankya   +9 more
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Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We detected Marburg virus genome in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) captured in Zambia in September 2018. The virus was closely related phylogenetically to the viruses that previously caused Marburg outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the
Masahiro Kajihara, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Katendi Changula, Hayato Harima, Mao Isono, Kosuke Okuya, Reiko Yoshida, Akina Mori-Kajihara, Yoshiki Eto, Yasuko Orba, Hirohito Ogawa, Yongjin Qiu, Hirofumi Sawa, Edgar Simulundu, Daniel Mwizabi, Musso Munyeme, David Squarre, Victor Mukonka, Aaron Mweene, Ayato Takada   +19 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 ...
Brian R Amman, Serena A Carroll, Zachary D Reed, Tara K Sealy, Stephen Balinandi, Robert Swanepoel, Alan Kemp, Bobbie Rae Erickson, James A Comer, Shelley Campbell, Deborah L Cannon, Marina L Khristova, Patrick Atimnedi, Christopher D Paddock, Rebekah J Kent Crockett, Timothy D Flietstra, Kelly L Warfield, Robert Unfer, Edward Katongole-Mbidde, Robert Downing, Jordan W Tappero, Sherif R Zaki, Pierre E Rollin, Thomas G Ksiazek, Stuart T Nichol, Jonathan S Towner   +25 more
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Maternal Filovirus Infection and Death from Marburg and Ravn Viruses: Highly Lethal to Pregnant Women and Their Fetuses Similar to Ebola Virus [PDF]

, 2019
Ebola virus and the marburgviruses are distinct filoviruses that share common clinical presentations and clinical management protocols. However, the marburgviruses are not as well known as is their close relative, Ebola virus, and are a much less ...
Schwartz, David A.
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Marburg virus outbreaks in Africa

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2023
Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic illness, caused by a negative sense, single-stranded RNA virus which has an envelope. The Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus of the family Filoviridae.
Ibrahim Idris, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Joanna Nicole D’Souza   +2 more
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Marburg Virus Disease in Tanzania: A Review

Clinical Infection in Practice
Vaishnavi Akshay Patel, Amogh Verma, Manali Verma, Sourav Sudan, Amna Zaheer, Anil Kumar, Hajira Karim, Shubham Kumar, Rachana Mehta, Ranjana Sah   +9 more
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Mapping the zoonotic niche of Marburg virus disease in Africa [PDF]

Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015
Marburg virus disease (MVD) describes a viral haemorrhagic fever responsible for a number of outbreaks across eastern and southern Africa. It is a zoonotic disease, with the Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) identified as a reservoir host.
Pigott, DM, Golding, N, Mylne, A, Huang, Z, Weiss, DJ, Brady, OJ, Kraemer, MUG, Hay, SI   +7 more
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Presence and persistence of Ebola or Marburg virus in patients and survivors: A rapid systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The 2013-15 Ebola outbreak was unprecedented due to sustainedtransmission within urban environments and thousands of survivors. In 2014 the World Health Organization stated that there was insufficient evidence to give definitive guidance ...
Brainard, Julii, Edmunds, Kelly, Hooper, Lee, Hunter, Paul, Pond, Katherine   +4 more
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Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana:An impending crisis [PDF]

, 2022
Since the initial identification of the Marburg virus in 1967, it has sporadically emerged in several countries throughout Africa, including Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Al Tarawneh, Yusuf Jaafer, Awosiku, Olutola, Chaito, Hassan, Nasser Sharafeddine, Jana Abdul, Nicholas, Aderinto, Nur, Ayça, Onyeaka, Chinyere Vivian Patrick, Onyeaka, Helen, Uwishema, Olivier, Wellington, Jack   +9 more
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Marburg and Ebola Virus Infections Elicit a Complex, Muted Inflammatory State in Bats

Viruses, 2023
The Marburg and Ebola filoviruses cause a severe, often fatal, disease in humans and nonhuman primates but have only subclinical effects in bats, including Egyptian rousettes, which are a natural reservoir of Marburg virus.
Anitha D. Jayaprakash, Adam J. Ronk, Abhishek N. Prasad, Michael F. Covington, Kathryn R. Stein, Toni M. Schwarz, Saboor Hekmaty, Karla A. Fenton, Thomas W. Geisbert, Christopher F. Basler, Alexander Bukreyev, Ravi Sachidanandam   +11 more
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