THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following ...

Led by Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) and Rinda Ubizima, a Rwandan research organization, the study aims to uncover how the human body responds to Marburg virus infection, providing crucial insights ...

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing quarantine measures and source tracing to curb the spread of the disease, said ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...

NINE people have died in a new outbreak of an ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola-like virus, global health chiefs have warned.Marburg, one of ...

Additionally, 25 people with suspected infections whose test results were later negative for Marburg ... the virus. Infected people can further transmit the virus to others via their body fluids ...

Marburg virus is a highly ... which are natural reservoirs of the virus. Human-to-human transmission occurs through: Contact with infected body fluids (blood, saliva, vomit, urine, etc.). Direct ...

has been infected with Marburg virus". "The cause of the earlier reported deaths in the community has not been confirmed and efforts are ongoing to ascertain the source of the infection," she added.

Following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

With a fatality rate that can reach close to 90 per cent, Marburg’s fever is often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure ... of the infection,” she added. Marburg virus causes Marburg ...

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 ...