Rwanda’s first Marburg virus outbreak
As of 15 October 2024, Rwanda’s Marburg Virus Disease outbreak had caused 62 cases and 15 deaths (case fatality rates 24.2%), with significant transmission among healthcare workers. World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control issued warnings and travel advisories, emphasizing strict protocols. We discussed the local and global implications of such a situation here.
Authors
- Sakshi Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-445X)
- Emery Manirambona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-3607)
- Prakasini Satapathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-8587)
- Rachana Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-4089)
- Alfonso Javier Rodriguez-Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-2192)
- Shriyansh Srivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-4381)
- Jair Vargas-Gandica
- Ranjit Sah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-8714)
- Aroop Mohanty
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- Galgotias University (IN)
- Universidad Científica del Sur (PE)
- Baba Raghav Das Medical College (IN)
- Government of Uttar Pradesh (IN)
- University of Kigali (RW)
- Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University (IN)
- University of Rwanda (RW)
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Sanjivani Super Speciality Hospitals (IN)
- NLR Nepal (NP)
- S.R. Kalla Memorial Gastro and General Hospital (IN)
- Dr D Y Patil Dental College & Hospital (IN)
- Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (IN)
- Lebanese American University (LB)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Saveetha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taae139
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17