Infected patients often become 'ghost-like', developing deep ... weeks from exposure to the first appearance of symptoms. As the early stages of Marburg virus infection resemble other conditions ...

An untreatable Ebola-like virus ... Marburg haemorrhagic fever, it is very difficult to distinguish from other tropical illnesses, such as Ebola and malaria. Infected patients become 'ghost ...

Two districts in the northwest Kagera region of Tanzania have reported outbreaks of the Marburg virus, known for its high fatality rate. Now the World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating a ...

Once a person becomes infected, they can transmit the virus to others via their own bodily fluids. It can also infect non-human primates like apes and monkeys. In fact, the Marburg virus is named ...

A deadly virus which leaves patients with bleeding eyes has swept parts of a country following an outbreak. Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan declared an outbreak after one case of Marburg ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Advertisement The last Marburg outbreak in Tanzania came in March 2023 when six people died from the virus in the Bukoba district. "[We] would like to assure the international organizations ...

"We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...