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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late September, 62 cases and 15 deaths had been reported by 17 October, mostly among healthcare workers in Kigali, the capital ...

Marburg Virus Disease has been detected in Tanzania with nine cases reported so far - eight of those infected have sadly died as the World Health Organisation issues a new warning ...

The Marburg virus, which has a 50-50 chance of death and is thought to be one of the deadliest on earth, could soon spread after 15 people with hundreds more thought to be infected with the disease ...

Six people have died and 20 others are being treated for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. This is the first-ever outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic disease in the country.