There's a Cave Full of Bats Infected by the 'Bleeding Eye' Virus. People Are Trespassing to See It, and Scientists Want It to Stop

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of ...

Marburg Virus Disease

Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe and often fatal illness in both humans and non-human primates. It is caused by the ...

People keep trespassing near cave filled with bats infected by Ebola’s cousin

You do not want to contract Marburg virus disease (MVD). Formerly known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever, it belongs to the same ...
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A virologist’s nightmare: People and predators keep going into a cave full of bats with Marburg virus

As if its name didn’t warn you enough, there are many good reasons to avoid Python Cave in Uganda. Chief among them is that ...
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‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at known Marburg-virus hotspot — and caught hundreds of humans ...

Engineered Antibodies Pry Apart The Most Difficult Viruses

New structural insights reveal a clever new use of antibodies to treat and possibly prevent infections by on the of the world’s deadliest viruses.

Uganda's Python Cave reveals how a Marburg virus outbreak could begin

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans caused by the Marburg virus. It is ...

Scientists filmed Uganda’s Marburg virus hotspot for 5 months. Here’s what they found

Scientists set up cameras in Uganda’s Marburg virus reservoir, capturing rare footage of wildlife and humans interacting in ...
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Ethiopia declares the end of its first Marburg virus outbreak

NAIROBI, Kenya(AP) — Ethiopia on Monday declared the end of its first outbreak of Marburg virus after completing the mandatory 42 days with no new confirmed cases. A total of 14 cases, including nine ...