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 — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive ...
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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 ...
Newsweek5d
Outbreak Kills 8, Suspected Marburg Virus Has Terrifying 88% Fatality Rate
The World Health Organization (WHO ... 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 ...
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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 ...
UPI4d
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 ...
Sky4d
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 ...
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Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says
NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after ...