Robert Koch Institut
(RKI)

Hygienic hand disinfection prevents the transmission of pathogens from one patient to another. You avoid the entry of pathogens into wounds or onto medical equipment.

Marburg virus is a filamentous, bacillus or sometimes U-shaped, enveloped virus of the Filoviridae family. Marburg virus infections trigger haemorrhagic fever and damage the organs. Transmission seems to occur primarily via direct contact with...