The government, through the Ministry of Health, has outlined measures to curb the spread of the Marburg virus after the cases ...

Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible and infectious virus that comes from the the same family as the Ebola virus. First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt ...

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 ...

Tanzania is grappling with another outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed at least eight lives in the north-western Kagera region. The confirmation came after a laboratory in ...

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern ... all of whom have tested negative and are currently under close follow-up, the president said.

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public ...

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 ...

An outbreak of Marburg ... virus in a remote area of northern Tanzania. A total of 25 suspected cases have been reported as of 20 January 2025, all of whom have tested negative and are currently ...

Tanzania has officially declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus in its remote Kagera region, following initial dismissals of earlier reports. The announcement was made by President Samia Suluhu ...

Marburg virus outbreaks have a fatality rate of between 24% and 88%. The worst recorded outbreak was in Angola in 2004-2005, where the above picture was taken. (Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg ...