Filoviruses such as Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) can cause viral hemorrhagic fever, with fatality rates reaching up to 90%. During the 2013–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, more than ...
Ebola virus and Marburg virus are both highly contagious filoviruses and are among the most lethal viruses known. Patient deaths are often a consequence of gastrointestinal damage leading to diarrhea ...
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At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country's first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the ...
Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The "seek" part is all too familiar: They're always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is ...
An Ebola outbreak in a southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating quickly, as some health responders say they have less than a tenth of the funding needed to contain ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new health advisory about the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven confirmed cases ...
The Centers for Disease Control issued a health alert on a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease. No cases have been reported in Florida or the U.S. The risk of spread to the U.S. is considered low at ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians that there is no outbreak of Ebola or Marburg virus in the country, following investigations into two suspected viral ...
On 1 September 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) about suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases in the ...
C Raina MacIntyre is the founder of EPIWATCH Global Pty Ltd which tracks global epidemics. She receives funding from NHMRC Investigator Grant 2016907 and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This outbreak began with a 34-year-old ...