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 disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

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

Marburg virus can spread very quickly in the body, infecting and destroying cells in the blood, liver and skin. Once someone is infected, the virus incubates for five to ten days. It then presents ...

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The World Health Organisation warned that the risk of the outbreak spreading to neighbouring countries is high.

“Once introduced in the human population, Marburg virus can spread through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood ...

Just a day later, that increased to nine cases and eight deaths. WHO said: "The cases presented with similar symptoms of headache, high fever, back pain, diarrhoea, haematemesis (vomiting blood), ...

Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly ... which could include bleeding under the skin, in internal organs, or from orifices such as the mouth, eyes or ears. In fatal cases, death ...