BUKOBA: IN efforts to control the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), radio presenters from 14 stations based in the Lake Zone Regions namely Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simiyu and Mara have ...

Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories ... usually preceded by severe blood loss and shock. There is not yet a cure, although the death rate can be brought down significantly ...

There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg. Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Experts say the Marburg virus has no evolutionary or scientific link proteins in snake venoms and is unlikely to spread globally. Marburg virus disease, a severe hemorrhagic fever that has a high ...

Bats are a natural animal reservoir for the Marburg virus Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of people who fall ill with the disease. An outbreak of Marburg in Rwanda ...

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the ...

The organization is supporting the country to monitor, test for and treat the disease, as well as raise awareness among at-risk communities. Marburg virus is a dangerous pathogen similar to the ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up ...