Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

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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 ...

West African nation of Ghana has confirmed first cases of the deadly Marburg virus from two people in the southern Ashanti region. This comes days after Ghana reported two suspected cases of the ...

Marburg virus disease is an infectious, severe and often fatal disease caused by filovirus. Rapid action saves lives, including ensuring people with symptoms receive prompt care. "We recommend ...

Twenty-five other samples were negative, she said. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected ...

The largest outbreak on record occurred in 2005 in Angola, when 329 people died. A fruit bat is seen at Bristol Zoo in England on Wednesday Aug. 31, 2022. Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is ...

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania has killed at least eight people, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In a statement on Tuesday, the global health agency said a total ...

KIGALI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 856 people have been vaccinated against the Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana announced Thursday. The government has utilized ...

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the disease was ...