Ethiopia is confronting one of the most dangerous viruses known to medicine as the Marburg virus spreads through parts of the country, triggering rising infections, six confirmed deaths, and hundreds ...

The Marburg virus has a ‘filamentous’ structure and is transmitted by fruit bats [Shutterstock] Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Marburg virus is named after the German city where it was first identified in 1967, in a laboratory where employees had been ...

Ethiopia declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. "Ethiopia has officially declared the end of its ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia(AP) — Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Health Minister Mekdes Daba said ...

Rwanda has begun the world's first clinical trial for a treatment of the Ebola-like Marburg virus, which has killed more than a dozen people in the country, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The outbreak was declared on Nov. 14. In all, there were 14 cases and nine deaths. Ethiopia has declared the end ...