The WHO said Tuesday that a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania had ... such as fruit bats, remain endemic to the area". WHO said it assessed the risk at the national ...

Nairobi: A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania ... which is transmitted to people from fruit bats which are endemic to that part of East Africa. The WHO said it received ...

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 ...

At least eight people in Tanzania have died in an outbreak of the highly lethal Marburg virus ... such as fruit bats, remain endemic to the area,” the WHO said.

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after ... to people from fruit bats endemic to parts of East Africa.

It is thought that the virus jumped to people from wildlife – fruit bats, which are a natural reservoir for Marburg, are endemic in the area.

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The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania. "We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 ...

Languages: English. Without treatment, Marburg, which is thought to originate from bats, can have a fatality rate of up to 88 percent, making it one of the deadliest known diseases. Symptoms ...