Marburg virus disease is like its close cousin Ebola, but worse. It can have a mortality rate as high as 80% and, unlike at least one strain of Ebola, we do not have an approved vaccine or ...

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

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 ...

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 ...

Ebola and Marburg viruses are part of a group of viruses known as filoviruses, which are notorious for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and non-human primates. These viruses have been ...

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister ...

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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg disease, a virus with a ...

Tanzanian President Samia Sululu Hassan confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus after its health ministry had previously ...

International research team seeks to examine the virus-host interaction of Marburg virus (MARV) and establish a blueprint for ...

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive ...