In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Infections that could trigger severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease have been discovered in bats in China. And ...

Marburg Virus Symptoms: The east African nation on Monday confirmed the second outbreak of the deadly virus in its history, following a 2023 outbreak that killed six people, but has not commented ...

History. The Marburg virus was first identified in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt (Germany) and Belgrade (Serbia).

A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims in the village of Madudu in Uganda on Nov. 1, 2022. An outbreak of Marburg disease, a deadly viral hemorrhagic fever similar to ...

It is the first time the Marburg virus has been reported in Rwanda, and 65 cases and 15 deaths have been reported since September 27. Origin of Rwanda's Marburg Outbreak Pinpointed - allAfrica.com ...

The Minister of Health, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, has said the Marburg virus that led to an outbreak on September 27 came from a cave where mining activities had been ongoing.

The third-largest outbreak in history of the deadly Marburg virus was sparked by a single jump of the pathogen from an animal to humans, preliminary genomic evidence shows.

In Rwanda, efforts to control an ongoing outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a deadly Ebola-like filovirus, continue. The country declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and had recorded 63 cases and 15 ...