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

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 ...

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

At least nine people have died in a fresh outbreak of Marburg virus disease, an eye-bleeding condition in Tanzania, Africa's health agency has announced. According to the African CDC, this number has ...

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 ...

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

Fatality estimates vary between outbreaks from 24% to 88% of people who've caught the disease. On average, the fatality rate is about 50%. Marburg virus is spread by certain fruit bats to humans ...

Additionally, 25 people with suspected infections whose test results were later negative for Marburg virus are being closely monitored. This is the second Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania.

Symptoms include fever, muscle pains ... authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg. Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily ...

A SUSPECTED outbreak of a deadly 'eye bleeding disease' has sparked fears of a wider spread. So far, the Ebola-like illness has infected nine people and killed eight - with the World Health ...

KIGALI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 856 people have been vaccinated against the Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana announced Thursday. The government has utilized ...