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 ...

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg has been confirmed in Tanzania, a week after authorities denied there was an outbreak. The deadly illness similar to Ebola is highly infectious, and can kill up to ...

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

An outbreak of an Ebola-like virus has been detected in the East African country of Tanzania. So far, only one person has tested positive for Marbug virus, said officials ...

Tanzania is grappling with a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease which has already claimed at least eight lives in the north-western Kagera region.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.

Two districts in the northwest Kagera region of Tanzania have reported outbreaks of the Marburg virus, known for its ... Samples have been taken from two patients and tested by the National ...

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease ... eye disease because it damages the patient’s blood vessels, causing them ...

Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania ... muscle weakness and finally external bleeding. Samples from two patients were awaiting testing at Tanzania's national laboratory ...

Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit ... with health care workers handling the initial patients among the hardest hit. Jimmy Whitworth, emeritus professor of ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the capital, Kampala, with the first case being a man who died on ...