Tanzania on Friday declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak which was confirmed just over two months ago in the north-western Kagera region. It was the country’s first outbreak of ...
The Marburg virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or with surfaces and materials. It causes hemorrhagic fever with ...
The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended Thursday with no new cases reported over the past 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment. The outbreak, which ...
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Two outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola which causes a severe and often fatal disease in humans, have been confirmed in Africa in recent months. It has sparked concern among ...
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first nine deaths from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, with health authorities currently examining a further 16 suspected cases.
Scientists say a mutated form of mpox, detected in a mining town in Congo, might spread more easily among people than ...
The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...
Although cases have fallen significantly since the global mpox outbreak in 2022, the virus still continues to mutate.
World Health Organization officials examine the home of a suspected Marburg virus victim in Uige, Angola, April 19, 2005. [Reuters] Tanzania has declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the ...