Marburg, Tanzania

Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial
Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a press conference on Monday that health authorities had confirmed one case of Marburg in the north-western region of Kagera.
Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far. "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam,
What Is Marburg Virus? Eight Killed In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania
Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human ...
Tanzania denies new Marburg outbreak
Jan. 16 (UPI) --Tanzania pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country. Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said ...
Tanzania Says No Sign of Marburg Outbreak in the Country
Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said at least eight people in the northwest were believed to have died from it.
WHO Reports Marburg Outbreak In Tanzania
With the fatality rate of 8% it is the same virus family as Ebola. The main carrier is from fruit bats which spreads to humans then through the contact of bodily fluids of infected individuals, it spreads to others.
Health Matters: Suspected Marburg outbreak kills 8 in Tanzania
The World Health Organization says an outbreak of what is suspected to be Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania. Joe Scarpelli has the details and more in Health Matters for Jan.
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A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, ...
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What is the Marburg virus and how dangerous is it?
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 ...
Daily Mail4d
Urgent warning for travellers over new outbreak of terrifying 'eye-bleeding disease' that's already killed eight
An untreatable Ebola-like virus ... under the radar. Local officials initially raised the alarm last week after a mystery illness struck six people, killing five of them. Experts believed ...
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Outbreak Kills 8, Suspected Marburg Virus Has Terrifying 88% Fatality Rate
Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or contaminated surfaces ...
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Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert
But in a statement, Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said after samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg ... the virus, although trials are under ...
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What is Marburg virus? The Ebola-like disease behind deaths in Tanzania
A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus has been detected in northern ... which could include bleeding under the skin, in internal organs, or from orifices such as the mouth, eyes or ears.