Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak

A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, carrying food and ...
The virus was first identified in 1967 after it caused simultaneous outbreaks of disease in laboratories in the German city of Marburg and in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia. Seven people died ...
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease, a ...
THE government has announced that it is closely monitoring the ongoing Marburg outbreak in the country. Roida Andusamile, the ...
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases death from extreme blood loss ...