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How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues

30 Jun 2025

5 min read

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Dr Ntuli Kapologwe, Director of Preventive Services at the Tanzania Ministry of Health holds a poster about Marburg Virus Disease to educate the local community, flanked by Community Health Workers in Biharamulo District - the epicenter of the outbreak. Credit: Ministry of Health Tanzania

Tanzania tackles second Marburg outbreak with hard-won lessons

4 Mar 2025

6 min read

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Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, Rwanda's Minister of Health, and Dr Brian Chilombo, WHO's Rwanda Representative, at the Kigali Convention Centre. Credit: Rwanda Ministry of Health

How Rwanda stopped a Marburg outbreak

13 Jan 2025

6 min read

Marburg Made in Africa Vaccine development

Marburg virus particles. Credit: NIAID/Unsplash

Everything you need to know about candidate vaccines and treatments for Marburg disease

8 Oct 2024

5 min read

Marburg Vaccine development

Filoviruses have a distinctive shape. They are enveloped viruses with a single-stranded RNA genome. The virus particles are long and ribbon- or thread-like. Credit: CEPI

The Viral Most Wanted: The Filoviruses

18 Mar 2024

9 min read

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Are we getting close to a Marburg vaccine?

29 Jan 2024

6 min read

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Bats hanging from tree branches. Credit: Will Mu on Pexels

Five reasons why the next pandemic could come from bats

8 Jun 2023

6 min read

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Bats that are kept for food consumption could be one explanation for the outbreaks. Credit: Miriam Fisher on Pexels

How health teams are working to contain outbreaks of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania

19 Apr 2023

8 min read

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Tanzania confirmed the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease early March and the country has been on high alert. Credit: World Health Organization

Tanzania on high alert after Marburg outbreak

4 Apr 2023

5 min read

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Marburg virus spreads through close contact with infected body fluids. Credit: NIAID/flickr, CC BY-SA

Marburg virus outbreaks are increasing in frequency and geographic spread – three virologists explain

14 Mar 2023

6 min read

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Five things you need to know about Equatorial Guinea’s Marburg outbreak

21 Feb 2023

4 min read

Marburg Vaccine development Explainer

Bats at the Kitaka mine in Uganda. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces, and material. Copyright: WHO /Christopher Black

Africa braces against Marburg virus after Ghana cases

31 Aug 2022

6 min read

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