Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

World Health Organization officials said the outbreak appeared to originate from a village where three children died after reportedly eating a bat carcass.

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

Test results have ruled out similar hemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola and Marburg virus. Testing and contact tracing are continuing in affected locations by teams of local staff and WHO officials.

Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks.

Recent outbreaks have shown that MARV is capable of causing much more serious outbreaks than once thought. These large outbreaks not only had unprecedentedly high case–fatality rates but also ...