Tanzania: Govt Moves to Contain Nosebleed Disease
[Daily News] PRELIMINARY specimens taken from patients suffering nosebleed disease in Lindi Region have tested negative for Ebola, Marburg and Covid-19, as the government intensifies measures to contain the contagion, Chief Medical Officer Dr AifelloSichalwe confirmed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Ghana Records First-Ever Suspected Cases of Marburg Virus Disease
[VOA] Accra, Ghana -- Ghana's health authorities say they have, for the first time, confirmed two fatal cases of the Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Ghana Prepares for Possible First-Ever Marburg Virus Outbreak
[UN News] Preliminary findings of two Marburg virus cases have prompted Ghana to prepare for a potential outbreak of the disease. If confirmed, these would the first such infections recorded in the country, and only the second in West Africa. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Marburg Virus Detected in Ghana for First Time
Preliminary testing indicates that the two people died from the Ebola-like virus, the World Health Organization says. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 8, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Two Test Positive in Ghana for Highly Infectious Marburg Virus Two Test Positive in Ghana for Highly Infectious Marburg Virus
Two people in Ghana who later died tested positive for Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Ghana prepares for possible first-ever Marburg virus outbreak
Preliminary findings of two Marburg virus cases have prompted Ghana to prepare for a potential outbreak of the disease. If confirmed, these would the first such infections recorded in the country, and only the second in West Africa. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - July 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fears over fresh outbreak of Marburg virus that kills 90% of patients in Africa
A deadly cousin of Ebola, Marburg virus can kill between a quarter and 90 per cent of the people it infects. International travel has taken it from Africa to Europe twice in the past 40 years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WHO: Ghana reports 2 suspected cases of Marburg virus
The World Health Organization says Ghana has reported two possible cases of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease, which if confirmed would mark the first-ever such infections in the West African country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Africa: Everyone has a Role to Play in Ending Abuse Against LGBTQI+ Africans
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In April 2022, the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the Philipps-University Marburg launched the first edition of the Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations. The conversations come from common interests in work on LGBTIQ+ and queer identities among the centres. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 30, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: 'Bisexual People's Existence Constantly Challenged, Erased'
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) at the Philipps-University Marburg has launched the first edition of the Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations which will be held monthly from April to September 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - May 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Is lax security in labs putting us at risk of another pandemic?
These top-level labs, classed as Biosafety Level 4 (BSL4), house the really dangerous pathogens, such as Covid-19, Ebola and the deadly Marburg viruses (fatal in around 88 per cent of cases). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Difference Between Marburg and Ebola Virus
What Is the Difference Between Marburg and Ebola Virus Infections? (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - September 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Guinea: Health Authorities Declare End of Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Conakry -- Guinea today declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new cases over the past 42 days--two incubation periods, or the time between infection and the onset of symptoms. The virus was confirmed on 9 August, marking the first time the disease emerged in the country and in West Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 17, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Guinea: Marburg in Guinea - the Value of Lessons From Managing Other Haemorrhagic Outbreaks
[The Conversation Africa] As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in Africa amid insufficient vaccination rollout, viral haemorrhagic fever has again raised its head. This adds to public health turmoil on the continent where resources to respond to emerging and re-emerging epidemic prone zoonotic diseases remain limited. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
West Africa: The First Human Case of Marburg Virus in West Africa Is No Surprise - Here's Why
[The Conversation Africa] The first case of fatal Marburg virus disease was identified in Guinea, West Africa on 9 August 2021. Marburg is a highly infectious zoonotic haemorrhagic fever transmitted to people from fruit bats, specifically the Egyptian Rousette bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). It spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
