Marburg hemorrhagic fever -- the forgotten cousin strikes

Article Abstract:

An outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Congo (1998) and Angola (2004) is reported after more than 30 years after the discovery of the virus causing the fever in Germany and the former Yugoslavia in 1967, introduced there by the import of African green monkeys from Uganda. The continuous infections are found to be a result of nine different genetic lineages of the Marburg virus, which is similar to the Ebola virus, its better known cousin within the Filoviridae family.

Angola, Congo (Brazzaville), Control, Republic of the Congo

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Marburg and Ebola: Arming ourselves against the deadly filoviruses

Article Abstract:

A study is conducted to understand the spread of the fatal viruses such as Marbug and Ebola, which together form the family Filoviridae and causes alarming epidemics in Africa resulting in filovirus hemorrhagic fevers. Filovirus hemorrhagic fevers predominantly affect adults, especially medical personnel and patients infected in the hospital.

Science & research, Africa, Research

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Marburg hemorrhagic fever associated with multiple genetic lineages of virus

Article Abstract:

The outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 1998 was studied. The multiple introductions of infection into the population helping to perpetuate the outbreak was explained by the detection of at least nine genetically distinct lineages of virus in circulation during the outbreak.

Congo, Genetic aspects, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo

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