Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola ... people are now known to have died from the current Marburg outbreak in the country which was only declared on Friday and is the first ever recorded in ...

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a ... samples must be flown out of the affected country for testing in Atlanta. Transporting a Virus Is No Easy Task The tissue or fluid samples ...

On Feb. 13, Equatorial Guinea announced the deaths in the east of the country of nine people between Jan. 7 and Feb. 7 from Marburg virus disease in the “first epidemic of Marburg virus disease ...

Many viral diseases in the country, and elsewhere ... Three bugs US scientists highlighted are Ebola and Marburg, SARS, and Nipah virus. These viruses are on the WHO's list of "priority diseases ...

Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

The WHO said Tuesday that a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania had killed eight people, warning that the risk of further spread in the country and region was "high".

The Ministry also revealed plans to enhance the country’s surveillance systems, conduct a readiness assessment, and develop a comprehensive Marburg Virus Disease preparedness and response plan.