Marburg Bat Virus With 88% Fatality Rate Has Spread to Another Country
Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if ...
A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested ...
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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 ...
Infectious Marburg disease — with 88% fatality rate — is discovered in remote corner of Tanzania
Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, ...
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Urgent warning for travellers over new outbreak of terrifying 'eye-bleeding disease' that's already killed eight
An untreatable Ebola-like virus is on the rise in Tanzania, global health chiefs have warned. Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already infected nine people ...
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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 Tanzania. Marburg is in the same family as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. The World Health Organization ...
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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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Bleeding eye disease kills eight after outbreak in new country
Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...
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Tanzania says no sign of Marburg outbreak in the country
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 ...
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Eight dead in suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania
Some of the victims are healthcare workers, who are at considerable risk in the early days of a Marburg outbreak. The virus spreads among humans through direct contact with bodily fluids such as ...