Uganda:Caretaker of Marburg Patient Goes Into Hiding
[Monitor] KWEEN/KAMPALA -The task force helping to fight Marburg spread in Kween District, eastern Uganda has asked police to hunt for Joseph Cherungu, an adult of Kamwam Village, who has reportedly been one of the key caretakers of the last Marburg victim. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 24, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever
World Health Organization. 10/2017 This fact sheet provides information about Marburg hemorrhagic fever, also called Marburg virus disease, which is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. It discusses transmission, symptoms, persistent virus in people recovering from Marburg virus disease, diagnosis, treatment and vaccines, Marburg in animals, prevention and control, and controlling infection in healthcare settings. (Text) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Uganda Confirms One Death From Ebola-like Marburg Virus Uganda Confirms One Death From Ebola-like Marburg Virus
Uganda has confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the health minister said on Thursday.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border
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Source: WHO news - October 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: marburg [subject], marburg haemorrhagic fever, marburg [subject], marburg haemorrhagic fever, African Region [region], Press release [doctype], Uganda [country] Source Type: news
Uganda:Marburg Disease Alert - One Confirmed Dead in Kween
[Observer] Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in the eastern district of Kween. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Marburg hemorrhagic fever kills 1 person in Uganda
Uganda's health minister says 1 person has recently died Marburg, a highly infectious disease that, like Ebola, manifests as a viral hemorrhagic fever (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Uganda confirms one death from Ebola-like Marburg virus
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the health minister said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Uganda confirms one case of Ebola-like Marburg virus
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed one case of Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the health minister said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Uganda:Marburg Fever Kills Two
[Monitor] Kampala -Government epidemiologists have confirmed an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever case in the eastern district of Kween. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Inserting a cannula into a vein
(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Patients who are given a local anesthetic before having a venous cannula inserted have a clearly reduced sensation of pain when larger gauge cannulas are used. Compared with intradermal lidocaine infusion, the use of vapocoolant spray has the advantage that the rate of venepuncture failures is lower. This is the conclusion reached by Dirk R ü sch and coauthors from Marburg University based on a randomized controlled trial. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Jefferson awarded $30M contract to develop Ebola vaccine
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year contract worth up to $30 million to Thomas Jefferson University to prepare and test a vaccine formulation designed to protect against the Ebola, Sudan, Marburg and Lassa fever viruses.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH, made an initial award of $2.6 million to Jefferson for the global project that will be led by principal investigator Matthias Schnell, the chairman of Jefferson's department of microbiology… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 27, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
Einstein Researchers Awarded Three NIH Grants Totaling $12 Million to Fight Virulent Viruses
August 11, 2017—BRONX, NY—The NIH has awarded Einstein researchers three grants totaling more than $12 million to protect against three deadly viruses—Ebola, Marburg and hantavirus. Research collaborations betweenKartik Chandran, Ph.D., professor of microbiology& immunology and the Harold and Muriel Block Faculty Scholar in Virology, andJonathan Lai, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, have led to novel approaches for developing vaccines and treatments. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - August 11, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein researchers awarded 3 NIH grants totaling $12 million to fight virulent viruses
(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) The NIH has awarded Einstein researchers three grants totaling more than $12 million to protect against three deadly viruses -- Ebola, Marburg and hantavirus. Research collaborations between Kartik Chandran, Ph.D., professor of microbiology& immunology and the Harold and Muriel Block Faculty Scholar in Virology, and Jonathan Lai, Ph.D. associate professor of biochemistry, have led to novel approaches for developing vaccines and treatments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ebola and Marburg Haemorrhagic Fevers: Outbreaks and Case Locations
United Kingdom Department of Health. 05/12/2017 This Web page provides information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF). It describes current incidents and outbreaks, the West Africa outbreak 2014 to 2016, linked Ebola outbreaks and cases in other countries (2014 to 2015), Uganda 2014 (Marburg), Democratic Republic of Congo 2014 (Ebola), and a historic map of outbreaks. (Text) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
