This highly lethal virus, a cousin of Ebola, is striking the country for the first time. Rwanda has received, in three weeks, ...

MARBURG virus had killed 12 people in Rwanda as of early October, touching off the nation’s first confirmed outbreak of the ...

A new vaccine trial is under way in Rwanda as the country fights an outbreak of the highly deadly Marburg virus.

WHO has said the risk of the outbreak is “very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global ...

On September 27, 2024, the Republic of Rwanda's Ministry of Health reported cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in seven districts around the country and declared an outbreak. As of October 6, 2024, ...

While outbreaks of Marburg ... phase trial, 40 adult volunteers were given the vaccine. A majority showed a “robust antibody response” that was maintained for nearly a year. At the end of ...

The Marburg ... virus Most of the victims of the current outbreak were healthcare workers in a hospital intensive care unit, Rwanda’s health minister has confirmed. In a statement at the end ...

The Marburg virus disease, which is similar to Ebola ... In a statement at the end of September, the ministry said it was “closely monitoring the situation” with investigations underway ...

Experimental vaccines and therapeutics to combat the deadly Marburg virus will begin arriving this ... The institute is currently conducting a Phase 2 trial in Uganda and Kenya.

those who survive and enter the convalescence phase will have generalized aches and pains, liver dysfunction, muscle weakness, and possibly psychosis. Transmission of Marburg virus disease is ...