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

Symptoms include fever, muscle pains ... bodily fluids of infected individuals. AFP via Getty Images This is the second outbreak of Marburg in Kagera since 2023. It comes exactly a month after ...

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

Is There A Cure For Marburg Disease? Symptoms of the disease include fever, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe cases, hemorrhagic bleeding, which can lead to death. Currently ...

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 ...

Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania ... The viral hemorrhagic fever has a fatality rate as high as 88%, and is from the same virus family as the one responsible for ...