Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

Wirus (zdjęcie ilustracyjne) Fot. Bartosz Bańka / Agencja Wyborcza.pl The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola. It causes hemorrhagic fever, which is an especially dangerous disease.

Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola, causes people to bleed from their orifices and kills up to 9 in 10 of those infected. There are currently no vaccines or treatments available meaning medics ...

The Marburg virus causes Marburg virus disease (MVD) and is related to the more widely known Ebola virus. The average mortality rate of this disease in humans is about 50%, meaning that about half of ...

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a shipment of infected monkeys from Uganda was sent to a laboratory in Marburg, Germany. Laboratory workers, who were involved in manufacturing ...

Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease.

The Marburg virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or with surfaces and materials. It causes hemorrhagic fever with ...

GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOVX), a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies and vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...