Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person ...

The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development appears to be a test case for the new administration.

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

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 technical team from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) is in Rwanda as part of the preparations for a study on Marburg virus immunity among recovered patients.Led by Rwanda ...

The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania's Kagera region has killed at least two people, according to local ... in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

The Marburg virus causes haemorrhagic fever, which begins suddenly with high fever, severe headaches and severe malaise. The virus is transmitted to people by fruit bats and spreads between humans ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

Symptoms of Marburg virus disease are similar to those of other viral haemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola disease, and of infectious diseases like malaria or typhoid. Diagnosis can be difficult, ...

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking at a joint news conference with World ...