The investigation of Disease X in the DRC continues. Officials from the Africa CDC noted that the diagnosis is leaning toward ...
Sierra Leone was one of three countries ravaged by the Ebola epidemic 10 years ago. A national vaccine campaign is a big step ...
Health officials in the U.S. have issued a travel alert. “Bleeding eye” virus, also known as the Marburg virus, is ...
The Marburg virus, which causes bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth, can be fatal in up to 90% of those infected ...
"It is very similar to Ebola in that it causes ... reservoir" (natural host) for the virus is the Egyptian rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus), the CDC noted. For those who succumb to the disease ...
Dr. Thomas Russo, an infectious disease expert, notes that Marburg is related to Ebola, another deadly virus. The first known ...