THE government has confirmed that one person has died in an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Kagera Region, with ...

Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible and infectious virus that comes from the the same family as the Ebola virus. First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt ...

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

The Foreign Office has issued a warning for Brits planning a winter sun getaway in Tanzania. Certain regions of the ...

Marburg virus is a highly infectious virus that causes Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe hemorrhagic fever with high fatality rates. It belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus ...

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

ARUSHA, Tanzania — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in ...

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease has been confirmed in Tanzania in the northwestern Kagera region following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases. President Samia Suluhu ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight suspected deaths reported by the World Health Organization last week.

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, according to WHO. The agency has classified the risk for regional and ...