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

The disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the capital, Kampala, with the first case being a man who died on ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg disease, a virus with a ...

THE government has confirmed that one person has died in an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Kagera Region, with ...

An outbreak of an Ebola-like virus has been detected in the East African country of Tanzania. So far, only one person has tested positive for Marbug virus, said officials ...

Marburg virus is a highly infectious virus that causes Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe hemorrhagic fever with high fatality rates. It belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

"Fortunately, the remaining suspected patients tested negative for other illnesses. This confirmed that the Marburg virus ...

Advertisement "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus," Hassan said ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.