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Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human primates. Eight people have been killed in a suspected ...

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...

Marburg virus outbreak has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania, according to reports. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the outbreak of suspected Marburg disease.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease, a ...

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly ... and this is associated with more severe disease. People remain infectious as long as their blood contains the virus and burial ceremonies ...

Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to ... including eight people who have died. We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." The WHO has assessed ...

Tanzania ’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

A SUSPECTED outbreak of a deadly 'eye bleeding disease' has sparked fears of a wider spread. So far, the Ebola-like illness has infected nine people and killed eight - with the World Health ...