At least eight people in Tanzania have died in an outbreak of the highly lethal Marburg virus, according to global health officials. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola-like virus ...

Tanzania is witnessing another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus and has confirmed at least nine deaths as of Friday. Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak Claims 8 Lives In Tanzania; Africa CDC ...

DAR ES SALAAM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities on Thursday declared the end of the country's second Marburg ... the virus in the affected area. However, she warned that Tanzania ...

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.

Kenya has heightened its preparedness for a potential Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak following the confirmation of a case in Tanzania's Kagera region on Sunday, January 20. The Ministry of ...

Yet, more than five decades after the discovery of the Marburg virus and nearly 50 years after ... Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States. Seventy-one participants were ...

On January 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which ended on March 13. Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease. For the U.S. clinical trial ...

The Marburg virus is a member of the filoviridae (filoviruses) family. The disease has an incubation period of 2 to 21 days, according to WHO. It then manifests its symptoms suddenly.

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a shipment of infected monkeys from Uganda was sent to a laboratory in Marburg, Germany. Laboratory workers, who were involved in manufacturing ...

Tanzania is witnessing another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus and has confirmed at least nine deaths as of Friday. Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak Claims 8 Lives In Tanzania; Africa CDC ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A computer illustration of Marburg virus. [AFP] The Kenyan government is on high alert ...