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Gesche Gerresheim
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PostDoc @ Uni Marburg Institute of Virology. Research on highly pathogenic viruses 👩‍🚀☣️👩‍🔬
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helenbranswell.bsky.social
The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X: "#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and" / X
#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and
x.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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dricks.bsky.social
Ebola cases have more than doubled in a week in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Suspected cases increased from 28-68 in recent days, the Africa Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said during an online briefing. Ebola virus has also spread from 2-4 districts. The death toll stands at 16👇
Ebola Cases Rise as Authorities Race to Contain Congo Outbreak, Health Agency Says
Cases have more than doubled in a week
www.medpagetoday.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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onisillos.bsky.social
"The country has a stockpile of treatments, as well as 2000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine, effective to protect against this type of Ebola, already prepositioned in Kinshasa that will be quickly moved to Kasai to vaccinate contacts and frontline health workers."

www.afro.who.int/countries/de...
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province
Kinshasa – 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 w...
www.afro.who.int
September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ankedwerner.bsky.social
We‘re looking for a (Full time) PostDoc at the Institute for Virology at Marburg University to help us with our project about the development of Ebola Virus antivirals. Please apply especially of you are interested in or experienced with BSL4 work: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Assistant (Postdoc )
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de
August 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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dzif.bsky.social
Wie werden aus wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen neue Therapien? Was genau passiert, wenn Forschungsergebnisse zu Innovationen in Prävention & Diagnostik werden?

📺 Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Infektionsforschung – hier geht's zum Film in voller Länge: t1p.de/DZIF-Film

#GemeinsamgegenInfektionen
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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dzif.bsky.social
📢 #𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗶 Das Deutsche Zentrum für Infektionsforschung sucht eine:n wissenschaftliche:n Projektmanager:in für ein spannendes, EU-gefördertes Projekt zur Pandemiebereitschaft in Europa mit dem Fokus auf Impfstoffe.

➡️ Weitere Informationen und Bewerbung: www.dzif.de/de/job/wisse...
March 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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combinemarvproject.bsky.social
We are excited to introduce you to the #combineMARV project! 🦠

🔬 This #EUfunded project sets out to advance our understanding of virus cell entry, using the #MarburgVirus as a model – a critical cornerstone of #PandemicPreparedness.

Stay tuned for updates & visit our website 🔗 combine-marv.eu
March 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
Können #Viren nicht nur schaden, sondern auch nützen? Eine neue Studie kartiert die Billionen Viren, die unseren Körper besiedeln & eine große Rolle für unsere #Gesundheit spielen. So schützen einige mglw. sogar vor Hautkrebs. @tagesspiegel.de berichtet darüber. www.tagesspiegel.de/gesundheit/f...
Forscher starten große Untersuchung: Können Viren uns auch nützlich sein?
Nicht nur Bakterien, auch zahllose Viren leben im menschlichen Körper. Wo genau sie vorkommen und was sie dort tun, das wollen Wissenschaftler jetzt ganz genau wissen.
www.tagesspiegel.de
March 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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who.int
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!

bit.ly/3XMKScU
A happy healthcare worker is showing a thumbs up sign. A joyful person is holding up a poster.
March 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Structural basis for Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly and function regulated by VP24

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural basis for Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly and function regulated by VP24 - Nature Communications
Here, the authors use cryo-electron microscopy to structurally characterise the Ebola virus nucleocapsid within virus-like particles, uncovering how specific interactions regulate viral genome synthes...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Second cluster reported in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/second...
Second cluster reported in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak
www.cidrap.umn.edu
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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gesvirologie.bsky.social
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.
March 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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gesvirologie.bsky.social
In Deutschlands Hochsicherheitslaboren wird an hochpathogenen Viren wie dem Ebola Virus geforscht. In Marburg entsteht aktuell ein neuer Laborbau. Einen aktuellen Einblick in das Projekt geben @markuseickmann.bsky.social und @crnlsrhd.bsky.social:

pandemienetzwerk-hessen.de/neues-hochsi... (CR)
Neues Hochsicherheitslabor: Mehr Forschung zur Vorbereitung auf Risiko-Viren - Pandemie Netzwerk Hessen
An der Virologie der Universität Marburg entsteht ein neues Hochsicherheitslabor, ein BSL-4-Labor, um sich besser auf Pandemien vorzubereiten
pandemienetzwerk-hessen.de
February 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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alexkupke.bsky.social
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
March 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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dzif.bsky.social
Our DGI / DZIF Joint Meeting 2025 starts now 🚀

We are delighted to welcome everyone at the DGI-DZIF Joint Meeting in Munich! We look forward to insightful talks, poster sessions and engaging discussions.

Enjoy the conference #DGI_DZIF_AnnualMeeting
February 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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boghuma.bsky.social
Ebola in Uganda
The number of confirmed cases rises to 9. 265 people are being monitored or under quarantine. So far the death toll remains at 1.
Vaccination efforts continue amidst significant vaccine hesitancy.
apnews.com/article/ugan...
Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine
Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine.
apnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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ralfwittenbrink.bsky.social
MERS-Fall in England entdeckt, Labor bestätigt.

www.gov.uk/government/p...
NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 9 February 2025)
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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thelancet.com
“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av
A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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donvinh.bsky.social
How good is the flu 💉 so far?
👇🏼Pretty darn good: overall, vaccine effectiveness is ~53-54% (higher in older adults). This means that the risk for acute respiratory illness is ⬇️ by HALF:

www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
February 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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dzif.bsky.social
📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗭𝗜𝗙 & 𝗗𝗚𝗜 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
We are excited to invite you to our Annual Meeting—explore the latest advancements in infection research!

📅 13-15 February 2025
📍 Holiday Inn Munich City Centre
🎤 Press Conference: February 13, 9:30 a.m.
🔗 More details: www.dzif.de/en/focus-inf...
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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helenbranswell.bsky.social
#Ebola in Uganda: Confirmed cases up to 7, all contacts of the first confirmed case, the male nurse who died on 1/29. That is the only death so far. Other cases are family members or health workers who treated the nurse. Nearly 300 contacts have been identified & are being monitored. (source: #WHO)
February 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent Ebola virus and Sudan virus ChAdOx1 vectored vaccine in adults in the UK: an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human, phase 1 clinical trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent Ebola virus and Sudan virus ChAdOx1 vectored vaccine in adults in the UK: an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human, phase 1 clinical trial
Our results suggest that the ChAdOx1 biEBOV vaccine was safe and well tolerated. Safety and tolerability data are consistent with other vaccines using the same vaccine backbone. A single 5 × 101⁰ vp d...
www.thelancet.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Uganda Ebola Sudan outbreak total rises to 2, with more cases suspected www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/uganda...
Uganda Ebola Sudan outbreak total rises to 2, with more cases suspected
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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ulfdahle.bsky.social
Marburg outbreaks need rapid detection, isolation, contact tracing, and infection control. With MSF, WHO, and the Tanzanian MoH involved, 2 deaths, 8 probable deaths, 64 suspected cases, and 281 contacts are being monitored to contain the spread.
🙏

www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/marbu...
Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania: MSF responds
MSF is reinforcing case management capacities and implementing infection prevention and control measures in partnership with health authorities.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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who.int
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM