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The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus

The virus behind an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus

A man diagnosed with Oropouche fever this summer still had functional virus in his semen 16 days after his symptoms started, a different group of researchers report in the December Emerging Infectious Diseases.


All your questions about Marburg virus answered

All your questions about Marburg virus answered

Genetic sequencing of cases in Rwanda has revealed that the virus jumped from an animal, like an Egyptian fruit bat or an African green monkey, to a person just once in the ongoing outbreak, the country’s health minister tweeted on 20 October.