Sexual transmission of filoviruses was first reported in 1968 after an outbreak of Marburg virus disease and recently caused flare-ups of Ebola virus disease in the 2013-2016 outbreak.

As most people know now from the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a virus can spread from one country to another and hop from continent to continent through human transmission.

The Marburg virus has already claimed the lives of nine people in Equatorial Guinea as of Tuesday, ... The CDC also believes that transmission can occur from contact with infected male semen, ...

Once a person is infected, Marburg can spread through human-to-human transmission via direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of these individuals and with surfaces ...

Transmission: According to WHO, humans can contract the Marburg virus from animals. Transmission can also occur through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person, as ...

Marburg virus disease is spreading in Rwanda and has claimed 6 lives so far. Rwanda's Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda's health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six ...

There can also be human-to-human transmission via ... done in Nigeria in the 1980s and more recently in the 1990s provide evidence of possible previous infections with the Marburg virus — or a ...

There are two outbreaks of the Marburg virus across Africa. ... Some cases have also been documented in which semen from a man who has recovered from Marburg has resulted in transmission to his ...

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first nine deaths from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, with health authorities currently examining a further 16 suspected cases ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda's health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six ...