Jan 20, 2025 · Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The average MVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks.

On 10 January 2025, WHO received reliable reports from in-country sources regarding suspected cases of MVD in the Kagera region of the United Republic of Tanzania. Six people were reported to have been affected, five of whom had died.

Aug 9, 2021 · Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe disease with a fatality ratio of up to 88%. This rate can be lower with good and early patient care. MVD was initially detected in 1967 after two simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia.

6 days ago · Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF), a disease with a case fatality ratio of up to 88%. Marburg haemorrhagic fever was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg, from which the disease takes its name, and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, Serbia.

Jan 20, 2025 · Dodoma – Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.. President of the Republic of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, made the announcement during a press briefing alongside World Health Organization ...

Mar 22, 2023 · Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the country’s northwest Kagera region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a...

6 days ago · Biharamulo, Tanzania – A team of public health emergency experts from World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed to Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region to support the health authorities strengthen response to an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The WHO experts are part of an initial 20-member inter-agency team from Médecins Sans Frontières, Tanzania Red Cross Society and UNICEF in ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) had received reports of a cluster of Marburg virus disease (Marburg) cases, including eight deaths in the Kagera region in northwest Tanzania. Marburg is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever, similar to Ebola virus disease, that can cause serious illness and death.

May 2, 2024 · The World Health Organization declared the outbreak over on June 8, 2023, 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment. There is no evidence of a link between the 2023 Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania Marburg outbreaks.

Jan 20, 2025 · Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe, often fatal illness caused by the Marburg virus. The virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans characterized by fever, headache, back pain, muscle pain, abdominal pain, vomiting, confusion, diarrhoea, and bleeding at very late stages.