Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

What is this deadly bleeding eye virus that is spreading rapidly across Tanzania and has made WHO issue an alarm. Read on to ...

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human ...

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Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or contaminated surfaces ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...

GENEVA: Cautioning about the "high risk" of deadly Marburg Virus Disease’s (MVD) further spread in Tanzania, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said the suspected virus outbreak had ...

NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an ...

Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania, WHO Says NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of ...

Some of the victims are healthcare workers, who are at considerable risk in the early days of a Marburg outbreak. The virus spreads among humans through direct contact with bodily fluids such as ...