How to Use Marburg virus in a Sentence

Marburg virus

noun

• In 2020, Bangura’s team reported the first discovery of Marburg virus in bats in West Africa.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
• Providers who suspect that someone is sick with Marburg virus should take a detailed travel history, the CDC said.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• What is Marburg virus, and what are the symptoms? Marburg is a virus that can infect humans who come into contact with its animal host, a type of bats native to Africa.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023
• One of the deaths has been confirmed as being from Marburg virus disease, while eight others are considered suspected.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2023
• No vaccine or antiviral treatment is approved to treat Marburg virus disease, which has an average death rate of around 50%, according to the WHO.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Guinean health authorities were able to intervene quickly when lab workers in 2021 detected a case of Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023
• There are currently no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved for Marburg virus.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022
• The warning is in response to outbreaks of Marburg virus disease, one in Equatorial Guinea and the other in Tanzania -- with neither country reporting outbreaks before this year.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• News Peg Tanzania announced its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in late March, reporting eight cases, including five deaths.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• Rousettus aegyptiacus fruit bats are considered the natural hosts for Marburg virus.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Mar. 2023
• People can spread Marburg virus through bodily fluids, blood and contaminated objects or surfaces.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Enlarge / An electron micrograph of a number of Marburg virions responsible for causing Marburg virus disease.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024