Tanzania has implemented new health measures following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region.

Humans usually get it in the first place from ... with an 88% fatality rate. Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade in ...

Marburg exists in bats, but does not seem to harm them with outbreaks seeming to occur when the virus is passed from a bat to a human before it is then able to spread through the human population.

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human primates. Eight people have been killed in a suspected ...

Marburg virus disease, caused by a virus from the same family as Ebola, has a fatality rate of up to 88% without treatment. The disease is transmitted from fruit bats to humans and spreads through ...

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 ...

The Foreign Office has issued a warning for Brits planning a winter sun getaway in Tanzania. Certain regions of the ...

Marburg virus disease presents a serious threat due to its haemorrhagic ... While the initial transmission was from animals to humans, subsequent spread occurred through human-to-human contact. WHO ...

Ebola and Marburg viruses are part of a group of viruses known as filoviruses, which are notorious for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates. These viruses have been ...

and steering clear of bats and non-human primates in areas where the virus is present. Named after Marburg, Germany, which suffered an outbreak in 1967, the virus has historically been linked to ...

The highly fatal, zoonotic hemorrhagic disease is caused by the Marburg virus, and human-to-human transmission occurs through direct contact with body fluids from infected persons or contact with ...