A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, a health official said on Thursday, marking the first recorded death in the country from ...

A Ugandan health official says a nurse died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended ...

In a statement, Dr. Richard Dawood, an adviser to the African Travel & Tourism Association, said, "For the vast majority of tourist activities, the risk is virtually zero." ...

An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight ...

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Ugandan officials said the country was on high alert to prevent the spread of Marburg virus disease (MVD) following an ...

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg has been confirmed in Tanzania, a week after authorities denied there was an outbreak.

A deadly outbreak of Marburg Virus is being reported in ... Often compared to Ebola, this highly contagious haemorrhagic fever has already claimed eight lives, with nine confirmed cases reported.

Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly.

Victims had presented with typical Marburg symptoms, including headache, high fever, back pain, diarrhoea, vomiting blood, muscle weakness and external bleeding. The viral hemorrhagic fever has a ...