Marburg virus reaches Rwanda: how close are we to a vaccine solution? by Olivier Sibomana, Clyde Moono Hakayuwa, Jildas Munyantore

“…Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a highly virulent and often fatal disease caused by the Marburg virus, a member of the Filoviridae family, closely related to the Ebola virus. …”
Get full text

A surrogate BSL2-compliant infection model recapitulating key aspects of human Marburg virus disease by Wanying Yang, Wujie Zhou, Bo Liang, Xiaojun Hu, Shen Wang, Zhenshan Wang, Tiecheng Wang, Xianzhu Xia, Na Feng, Yongkun Zhao, Feihu Yan

Subjects: “…Marburg virus…”
Get full text

Marburg virus VP35 can both fully coat the backbone and cap the ends of dsRNA for interferon antagonism. by Shridhar Bale, Jean-Philippe Julien, Zachary A Bornholdt, Christopher R Kimberlin, Peter Halfmann, Michelle A Zandonatti, John Kunert, Gerard J A Kroon, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ian J MacRae, Ian A Wilson, Erica Ollmann Saphire

“…Filoviruses, including Marburg virus (MARV) and Ebola virus (EBOV), cause fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. …”
Get full text

Assessment of risk communication and community engagement interventions during the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania by Mololo Noah Mwanjala, Emmanuel Mnkeni, Mikidadi Issanudia Mtalika, Marcelina Mponela, Atuganile Musyani, George Mrema, Amour Seleman, Catherine Gitige, Kokuhabwa Mukurasi, Gloria Macha, Hussein Mohamed, Pius Horumpende, Leopord Sibomana Leonard, Jonathan Mcharo, Wangeci Gatei, Salum Manyatta

Subjects: “…Marburg virus disease…”
Get full text

Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions by Chulwoo Park

“…Introduction: In West Africa, traditional funerals and burials have proven main contributors to the spread of infectious diseases, such as Ebola, plague, the Marburg virus, and others. Although the World Health Organization has provided guidelines for the safe burial process after learning of the culture of the afterlife in Ebola-affected areas, little effort has been made to integrate theoretical interventions and models for changing West Africans’ funeral behavior. …”

Bimolecular Complementation to Visualize Filovirus VP40-Host Complexes in Live Mammalian Cells: Toward the Identification of Budding Inhibitors by Yuliang Liu, Michael S. Lee, Mark A. Olson, Ronald N. Harty

“…Virus-host interactions play key roles in promoting efficient egress of many RNA viruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV or “e”) and Marburg virus (MARV or “m”). Late- (L-) domains conserved in viral matrix proteins recruit specific host proteins, such as Tsg101 and Nedd4, to facilitate the budding process. …”
Get full text