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 ...

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.

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

Rwanda reported 15 deaths and 66 cases during its outbreak, which primarily affected healthcare workers treating the first patients ... with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta ...

Tanzania ’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected ...

Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tanzania has 1 confirmed case of Marburg and 25 suspected cases all from the northwestern Kagera region. So far all 25 suspected case-patients have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients received early supportive care ... policymakers rather than short-term international teams. But though Marburg virus infection had never previously been diagnosed in Rwanda, the 2024 ...

The Marburg virus disease, a rare but severe haemorrhagic ... After up to five days of fever, patients begin to suffer damage to their blood vessels, which can cause internal bleeding ...

The patients' contacts ... infected 66 people and killed 15 before it was declared over on December 20. Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other ...