Pathogenicity and virulence of Marburg virus

MH Abir, T Rahman, A Das, SN Etu, IH Nafiz, A Rakib… - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Marburg virus (MARV) has been a major concern since 1967, with two major outbreaks
occurring in 1998 and 2004. Infection from MARV results in severe hemorrhagic fever …

Bats as reservoirs of severe emerging infectious diseases

HJ Han, H Wen, CM Zhou, FF Chen, LM Luo, J Liu… - Virus research, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years severe infectious diseases have been constantly emerging, causing panic in
the world. Now we know that many of these terrible diseases are caused by viruses …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection

BR Amman, SA Carroll, ZD Reed, TK Sealy… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Marburg virus (family Filoviridae) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic disease
in sub-Saharan Africa. Bats have been implicated as likely natural reservoir hosts based …

Tissue and cellular tropism, pathology and pathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg viruses

RB Martines, DL Ng, PW Greer… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses include some of the most virulent and fatal pathogens
known to humans. These viruses cause severe haemorrhagic fevers, with case fatality rates …

Ecological dynamics of emerging bat virus spillover

RK Plowright, P Eby, PJ Hudson… - … of the royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Viruses that originate in bats may be the most notorious emerging zoonoses that spill over
from wildlife into domestic animals and humans. Understanding how these infections filter …

Bats and their virome: an important source of emerging viruses capable of infecting humans

I Smith, LF Wang - Current opinion in virology, 2013 - Elsevier
Bats are being increasingly recognized as an important reservoir of zoonotic viruses of
different families, including SARS coronavirus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus and Ebola virus …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa

BR Amman, BH Bird, IA Bakarr, J Bangura… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD).
Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Forty-five years of Marburg virus research

K Brauburger, AJ Hume, E Mühlberger, J Olejnik - Viruses, 2012 - mdpi.com
In 1967, the first reported filovirus hemorrhagic fever outbreak took place in Germany and
the former Yugoslavia. The causative agent that was identified during this outbreak, Marburg …

Bushmeat and emerging infectious diseases: lessons from Africa

LA Kurpiers, B Schulte-Herbrüggen, I Ejotre… - Problematic wildlife: A …, 2016 - Springer
Zoonotic diseases are the main contributor to emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and
present a major threat to global public health. Bushmeat is an important source of protein …

Filovirus disease outbreaks: a chronological overview

S Languon, O Quaye - Virology: research and treatment, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Filoviruses cause outbreaks which lead to high fatality in humans and non-human primates,
thus tagging them as major threats to public health and species conservation. In this review …