Michael Scherm
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Michael Scherm
@MJScherm
Postdoctoral Fellow in @florian_krammer lab at @IcahnMountSinai working on #SARSCoV2 and #Influenza #Vaccines PhD with @PrNickGay @Cambridge_uni on #Ebola






















⚠️ BREAKING: The Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 becomes the third largest Marburg outbreak in history.



Last week #Tanzania reported 7 cases of people with fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure, 5 died. Today the MOH announced the cases are due to #MarburgVirus This is the 1st #Marburg outbreak in #Tanzania twitter.com/MwanzoTv/statu…



⚠️ BREAKING: Burundi 🇧🇮 quarantines the community of Baziro after an outbreak of a "mysterious disease" resembling hemorrhagic fever appears, killing three.

⚠️ BREAKING: Mystery disease kills three people in 3 days in Burundi 🇧🇮 According to witnesses on the spot, "the symptoms include abdominal pain, nasal bleeding which increases after death, acute headaches, high fever, vomiting and dizziness".












