The Marburg virus has already claimed the lives of nine people in Equatorial Guinea as of Tuesday, ... which are contaminated with infected bodily fluids via broken skin or mucus membranes.

Marburg is spread through contact with bodily fluids — blood, urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, amniotic fluid or semen — of someone infected with the virus via broken skin or ...

W hile outbreaks of Marburg virus are rare, there have been several in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa. It's one of the deadliest viral diseases and can be fatal. Here's what you need to know.

The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola. It causes hemorrhagic fever, which is an especially dangerous disease. The fatality rate can reach up to 88%, according to the World Health ...

Marburg virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever and 24% to 88% of people who contracted the disease in different outbreaks died. ... (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, ...

Symptoms. Symptoms of Marburg virus disease come on suddenly, and include fever, chills, headache, and myalgia. Around day 5 of symptoms, a maculopapular rash, most prominent on the trunk, may occur.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. In July 2022 Ghana confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus ...

The Marburg virus has a ‘filamentous’ structure and is transmitted by fruit bats ... they can transmit it to others through direct contact with bodily fluids via broken skin or mucous membranes.

Marburg virus causes the Marburg virus disease (MVD), ... There can also be human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, ...

As with the Ebola virus, one of the mysteries of the Marburg virus is where it is harbored between outbreaks. Although not certain, there is some evidence that bats are a potential reservoir for it.

The virus, which belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus, causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans with an average case fatality rate of around 50%.

What the famous book taught us about Ebola and Marburg. — -- When Richard Preston's novel "The Hot Zone" was published in 1995, it was, for many, their first introduction to the deadly Ebola ...