At least eight people in Tanzania have died in an outbreak of the highly lethal Marburg virus, according to global health officials. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola-like virus ...

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Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 when a ... "So now there’s this chain of five people with the disease, four of whom died," says Nichol. When the tissues were sequenced in Atlanta ...

Body fluids transferred through unprotected sex or a lesion can cause this disease to pass on from one person to another. Bleeding (hemorrhage) fever is a result of this disease. Marburg virus’s ...

Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease.

More information about FCDO travel advice can be found here. But what exactly is the Marburg virus? Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe and often fatal illness similar to Ebola, is caused by the ...

The Marburg virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or with surfaces and materials. It causes hemorrhagic fever with ...

The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats, and human-to-human transmission occurs through direct contact with bodily fluids, or contaminated surfaces and materials. MARV is rated by ...

Marburg virus in Africa. Warnings about “Disease ... As global incomes rise, more people want to eat more meat. That means more animals are raised in crowded conditions and shipped across ...

On January 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which ended on March 13. Currently, there are no approved vaccines for Marburg virus disease. For the U.S. clinical trial ...