Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

Currently, there is no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for the Marburg virus. However, supportive care, such as rehydration and managing symptoms, significantly improves survival chances.

Read on as we discuss the history, causes, signs, prevention and treatment of this virus. The Marburg virus was first identified in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt ...

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories ... although the death rate can be brought down significantly with early treatment and rehydration. Scientists are working on vaccines ...

Experts say the Marburg virus has no evolutionary or scientific link proteins in snake venoms and is unlikely to spread globally. Marburg virus disease, a severe hemorrhagic fever that has a high ...

There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg. Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.