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 Marburg virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or with surfaces and materials. It causes hemorrhagic fever with ...
The ebola-like virus is spreading fast across Africa. Known by the name Marburg virus disease, it is extremely rare in nature and has the ability to cause high fatality rate. Countries of Tanzania ...
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The ‘cousin’ of Ebola that leaves its victims in a ‘ghost-like’ state is one of the world’s deadliest viruses – and there’s ...
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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 Marburg virus was first detected in the city of Marburg in Germany in 1967 Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family ...
The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or ...
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first nine deaths from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, with health authorities currently examining a further 16 suspected cases.
World Health Organization officials examine the home of a suspected Marburg virus victim in Uige, Angola, April 19, 2005. [Reuters] Tanzania has declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the ...