Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...

Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

The immense variation in the amount of DNA contained in the cells of organisms has long fascinated scientists. Known as the genome size (GS), or C-value of a species, the amount of DNA in one entire ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.

The Tanzanian government has denied reports by the World Health Organsation (WHO) of a suspected new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwestern Kagera region, insisting that all ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region, where eight people have died after contracting the viral infection. “On 10 January ...

This is after the World Health Organisation put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease. The report claimed the death of eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania.

Uganda is on high alert following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in neighboring Tanzania that has left eight people dead, a health official said here Wednesday. Henry Kyobe Bosa ...