Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit ... in 1967 when laboratory workers handling African green monkeys imported from Uganda contracted the disease.

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 ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --Tanzania pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country. Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said ...

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 ...