Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

BUKOBA: IN efforts to control the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), radio presenters from 14 stations based in the Lake Zone Regions namely Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simiyu and Mara have ...

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

These are the victories that kept us going." The Marburg virus, which is transmitted to humans by fruit bats, spreads through ...

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

Experts say the Marburg virus has no evolutionary or scientific link proteins in snake venoms and is unlikely to spread globally. Marburg virus disease, a severe hemorrhagic fever that has a high ...

Twenty-five other samples were negative, she said. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected ...

On average, the fatality rate is about 50%. Marburg virus is spread by certain fruit bats to humans and other primates. People usually contract the disease after spending time in caves where the ...

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

The announcement on Monday confirmed the presence of the virus, which is similar to Ebola, and is known for its high mortality rate. Marburg, which originates in fruit bats, spreads to humans ...