Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was confirmed just over two months ago in the north-western Kagera region. It was the country’s first outbreak of ...
Tanzania's health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus. "Our public health laboratory results have confirmed that this ...
the emergency response can be rapidly accelerated so that we can save lives and stop the virus as soon as possible,” said WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti. “Marburg is highly ...
As has been emphasized by the WHO, the 1967 Marburg Virus outbreak, “Was associated with laboratory ... [+] work using African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) imported from Uganda.” ...
Countries of Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea reports cases and fatalities from the deadly Marburg Virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned about the possible impacts of the outbreak on ...
Samples were sent to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal for confirmation, which has just confirmed ... there is an outbreak. Treatment is solely supportive care for Marburg virus.
Since then, there have been several outbreaks of Marburg virus in sub-Saharan Africa ... in Equatorial Guinea and in Tanzania ...
The Marburg virus was first detected ... that Marburg has been identified in West Africa. There was one confirmed case in Guinea last year, but that outbreak was declared over in September ...
Two outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola which causes a severe and often fatal disease in humans, have been confirmed in Africa in recent months. It has sparked concern among ...
"The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ... a small coastal state in central-western Africa. "A total of 17 laboratory-confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded.
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first nine deaths from the Marburg virus ... Since then, outbreaks have been reported in Kenya, South, Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Only one person in Europe ...
[Reuters] Tanzania has declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus, more than two months after it was first confirmed, the World Health Organization said. Nine cases - eight ...