Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease ...

This is the latest viral epidemic to hit the East African region in the past year, following outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox diseases among others. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

But what exactly is the Marburg virus? Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe and often fatal illness similar to Ebola, is caused by the Marburg virus, a member of the filovirus family. The virus ...

Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg virus. Symptoms recorded so far of the unknown disease in the DRC include fever, chills, headache, body aches ...

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death of the last confirmed case on 28 January 2025. The outbreak, in which ...

Domitina Kahira, a resident of Biharamulo District in Tanzania's north-eastern Kagera Region, is treading a difficult path to recovery after losing her husband to Marburg virus disease in early ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Dar es Salaam, March 14 (IANS) Tanzanian health authorities declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after recording no new cases for 42 days ...