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

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

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 ...

Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible and infectious virus that comes from the the same family as the Ebola virus. First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt ...

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg ... Formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, it can cause uncontrollable bleeding from around the fifth day of symptoms, with patients dying on the ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

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

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

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 ...

"Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam, identified one patient as being infected by Marburg virus," she said at a press conference ...

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 ...