There are two outbreaks of the Marburg virus across Africa. Our medical analyst explains what’s known about this virus. ... from which the virus is then transmitted to people.

People who are at risk of exposure to the virus include those who have close contact African fruit bats, infected non-human primates or people who are sick with Marburg virus disease, per the CDC.

Marburg virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever and 24% to 88% of people who contracted the disease in different outbreaks died. Latest U.S.

News; World news; World Health Organisation; Deadly Marburg virus kills nine people in fresh outbreak - and there's no cure The killer Marburg virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 88%, has ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed at least eight people in Rwanda. The highly-infectious disease is similar to Ebola, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in ...

The Marburg virus, which causes bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth, can be fatal in up to 90% of those infected. ... Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

After a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania, ... In a 2004 outbreak in Angola, Marburg killed 90% of 252 people infected. Last year, there were two reported Marburg deaths in Ghana.

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea was confirmed by the WHO. ... Marburg killed 90% of 252 people infected. Last year, there were two reported Marburg deaths in Ghana.

As most people know now from the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a virus can spread from one country to another and hop from continent to continent through human transmission.

By Katia Hetter, CNN The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases ...