“The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases reported since our last update”
Some cautious good news from @who.int
#IDSky

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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of #Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025 👉 bit.ly/4ndz9yv

🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology!

We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.

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Side-by-side evaluation of two mouse models for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus infection. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.20.671421v1

Die WHO hat diese Woche einen Pandemievertrag beschlossen, der in der Zukunft eine Grundlage für eine organisierte und internationale Reaktion auf eine neue Pandemie darstellen soll. 👏 Dazu gehört z.B. eine faire Verteilung von Impfstoffen, Therapeutika und Diagnostika in der Weltgemeinschaft.

„Gain of Function“ (GoF) insbesondere diese Woche angesichts eines (noch?) geheimen BND-Dossier in aller Munde.
Hier unsere kurze Stellungnahme zur aktuellen Berichterstattung:
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Great news: #Tanzania 🇹🇿 has officially declared the end of the #Marburg virus disease outbreak.

Today, the Ministry of Health declared the end of the outbreak after 42 days with no new cases. This is a victory for public health in the country!

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The Ugandan #Ebola outbreak isnt over. Still not clear how this outbreak started and whether the first case we know of was the true index case www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/second...

Thank you @gesvirologie.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to present our data on the preclinical efficacy of an MVA-based vaccine approach against Marburg virus.
Proud to be part of this great collaboration with the Volz lab, TiHo Hannover.
#gfv2025 #dzif

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus is transmitted by specific ticks. Present only south of 50’ latitude so far, global warming could make it move north. Within the German center for infection research (DZIF), @crnlsrhd.bsky.social at Marburg University develops vaccines against this virus.

Medikamente und Impfungen gegen das Coronavirus und in zukünftigen Pandemien: was gelang, was nicht und wo die Reise hingeht, alles in der neuen Folge des Coronavirusupdate!

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1. #Ebola: There is a new outbreak, Ebola Sudan, in Uganda. The current index case (who probably isn't the index case) died yesterday. The person was a nurse who sought care in multiple hospitals before dying. Ebola was only determined post mortem.
Possibility of additional cases high.

Not good news: @who.int just announced a new Marburg outbreak in Tanzania.

“As of 11 January 2025, nine suspected cases were reported including eight deaths across two districts – Biharamulo and Muleba. … Results are pending official confirmation.”
🧪 #IDsky

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Influenza A Viren werden anhand ihrer 2 Oberflächenproteine - Hämagglutinin, Neuraminidase - in verschiedene Subtypen, wie beispielsweise H5N1 unterschieden. Dieser Subtyp stammt ursprünglich von Wasservögeln, hat aber die Möglichkeit sich an andere Vögel, Säugetiere & uns Menschen anzupassen

Danke!

If you are interested in the rescue of recombinant Marburg viruses, you can check out Olga Dolnik’s and my chapter in the new method book “Marburg Virus” that's packed with fancy Marburg virus-specific methods!
You can find the chapter and the whole book here: link.springer.com/protocol/10....

Damit wir unsere Virologie Community hier auf 🦋 wieder gut verknüpfen können und sich alle wiederfinden, machen wir mal einen Aufschlag und haben ein Starter Pack mit DACH Virologinnen/Virologen zusammengestellt.
Falls wir euch noch nicht gefunden haben, meldet euch bitte (BM)
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Pleased to share our recent work on developing Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA)-based vaccine candidates for the Marburg virus. #Vaccine #MarburgVirus

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Im September/Oktober hat ein Ausbruch des #Marburg-Virus in Ruanda Aufsehen erregt. Untersuchungen des Virus-Erbgutes in Ruanda zeigten, dass am Beginn eine einzige Übertragung von Tier zu Mensch erfolgt ist – wahrscheinlich von einer Fledermausart, die bekanntermaßen das Virus in sich trägt. (1/2)