NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

AN outbreak of a lethal ‘eye-bleeding’ virus has been confirmed in Tanzania, the president has announced. It comes just a ...

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

First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, this virus is also known as the 'bleeding eye' virus due to the strange symptoms that it can cause.

Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number to rise.

The Marburg virus was first identified in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt (Germany) and Belgrade (Serbia). Researchers linked the outbreaks to African green monkeys ...

Tanzania has denied a Marburg virus outbreak following WHO reports confirming all suspected cases have tested negative Read ...

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade in modern-day Serbia. According to the World Health Organisation, the incubation ...

The virus causes a severe viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization. It was first detected in 1967 during twin outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and Belgrade ...

The CDC has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The agency will also screen ...