Marburg virus disease

Marburg Virus Disease

formation and transduction mechanisms are in dispute and remain to be investigated witlh renewed vigor. Lysogenic conversion may be operative in the myco-bacteria. Six of the papers are devoted to the study of lysogenic mycobacteria, whiclh exlhibit plhenotypic clhanges suclh as cell-wall alterations (expressed as chaniges in eitlher cell or colony morplhology), altered enzymatic activity, and ...

Lassa fever and Marburg virus disease.

In the light of progress in virology, it comes as a surprise to discover a disease, an epidemic disease moreover, caused by a "new "virus. This has happened twice in recent years. The diseases, Marburg virus disease and Lassa fever, are caused by unrelated viruses that are highly pathogenic for man and both have been responsible for illness and death among laboratory scientists and medical pers...

Outbreake of Marburg virus disease in Johannesburg.

The first recognised outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Africa, and the first since the original epidemic in West Germany and Yugoslavia in 1967, occurred in South Africa in February 1975. The primary case was in a young Australian man , who was admitted to the Johannesburg Hospital after having toured Rhodesia. Two secondary cases occurred, one being in the first patient's travelling compani...

Etymologia: Marburg Virus

Isolated Case of Marburg Virus Disease, Kampala, Uganda, 2014

In September 2014, a single fatal case of Marburg virus was identified in a healthcare worker in Kampala, Uganda. The source of infection was not identified, and no secondary cases were identified. We describe the rapid identification, laboratory diagnosis, and case investigation of the third Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda.