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The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus ... in coming days as disease surveillance improves". Here's everything you need to know about the deadly virus.

Marburg virus disease is an infectious ... through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily ...

A POTENTIAL new outbreak of Ebola has sickened at least 12 people and killed eight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It ...

Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region of Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization. Nine cases have been ...

WHO advises against restrictions. Now is the time for collaboration." According to the WHO Marburg virus disease - formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever - is a severe, often fatal illness ...

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 ...

Public health emergencies demand decisive leadership, proactive capacities, and swift, coordinated responses to mitigate their impacts on lives, livelihoods, and economies, particularly in Africa, ...

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 ...

The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he expects "further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves". Here's everything you need to know about the deadly virus. What are the ...