Genomic tracing and rapid vaccine deployment helped Rwanda overcome deadly virus with lowest recorded fatality rate.

These are the victories that kept us going." The Marburg virus, which is transmitted to humans by fruit bats, spreads through contact with bodily fluids of an infected person. Symptoms begin with ...

Concerned officials in the African nation have launched a probe to discover the cause of the outbreak, warning it could pose ...

Scientists worldwide say fears of the next pandemic may come true, with many new viruses mutating and spreading slowly, ...

A tin mine in Kigali has been identified as the source of Rwanda’s first Marburg virus outbreak ... where a 10,000-strong colony of Egyptian fruit bats roosts. Rather than closing the mine ...

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease ... be initially transmitted to humans by fruit bats in north Africa and can spread between ...

AT LEAST seven more people have died and 500 left sick from a mystery illness ravaging villages in north-western Congo, new ...

At least 50 fatalities reported after three children ate a bat and quickly died following haemorrhagic fever symptoms ...

or infected animals such as fruit bats, chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, porcupines, and forest antelope,” the NCDC stated. “The virus can also be transmitted through contact with wildlife and ...