It can also be transmitted through contaminated surfaces and materials like bedding and clothing. Currently, there is no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for the Marburg virus. However ...

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

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(Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg outbreak in Tanzania: Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced an outbreak of Marburg virus which is an Ebola-like ... to do the same this ...

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus has been detected in northern Tanzania ... patients can die depending on the strain and infection management. How does it spread? The virus is transmitted to ...

There have been nine suspected cases and eight deaths in a suspected Marburg ... like Marburg that cannot be tested in traditional ways. Thousands of doses of investigational Marburg virus vaccine ...

"We do not recommend travel or trade restrictions with Tanzania at this time." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...

Despite this, the WHO does not recommend travel or trade restrictions to Tanzania, citing the virus’s low global risk. The Marburg virus, a highly infectious Ebola-like disease, has a fatality ...

report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west ... Burundi and Rwanda. "We do not recommend travel or trade restrictions ...

Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north ... Burundi and Rwanda. "We do not recommend travel or ...