Angolan health workers treat a 22-year-old woman with a suspected case of the Marburg haemorrhagic fever in 2005. (Photo by Florence Panoussian/AFP via Getty Images) In a statement on Monday, the U.N.

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 primates.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal disease ...

(NewsNation) – The African country of Tanzania reported its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, which has so far resulted in eight total cases and five deaths. The Ebola-related virus was also ...