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

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Tanzania confirms a Marburg virus outbreak after initial denials prompting urgent response from the Africa CDC Learn about ...

caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently, a filovirus outbreak caused by ...

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

caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently, a filovirus outbreak caused by ...

The minister noted that as of January 15th , this year, laboratory results for all suspected individuals tested negative for ...

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

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

Marburg virus disease is an infectious, severe and often fatal disease caused by filovirus. Rapid action saves lives, including ensuring people with symptoms receive prompt care. "We recommend ...

The Marburg virus disease, a rare but severe haemorrhagic ... The virus is part of a family of microorganisms known as filoviruses, which includes the deadly Ebola. In fact, the two are ...

It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently, a filovirus outbreak caused by Marburg virus began last September in Rwanda, resulting in at least 15 deaths and 66 ...