Marburg virus disease causes people to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this illness.

Tanzania has announced its first-ever cases of Marburg virus disease, a deadly infection that has a fatality rate of around 50 percent. The World Health Organization said in a statement that ...

Marburg virus disease symptoms The incubation period for the disease is anywhere from 2 days to three weeks, according to the WHO. Symptoms begin abruptly, with an intense fever and headache ...

The fast-spreading Marburg virus, also known as the bleeding eye disease, has raised global concerns due to its high fatality rate of up to 88%. The virus spreads through contact with infected ...

The WHO has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana. Here's what to know about the Ebola relative from symptoms to spread.

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Symptoms of Marburg virus disease come on suddenly, and include fever, chills, headache, and myalgia. Around day 5 of symptoms, a maculopapular rash, most prominent on the trunk, may occur.

Formally known as Marburg virus disease, the virus is a severe hemorrhagic fever, but is incredibly rare, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.

The medical student was to be isolated for 21 days, the incubation period for Marburg virus disease, as a precaution, they said. Image. A fruit bat in 2018 in Uganda.