The virus was first identified in 1967 in Marburg, Germany after laboratory workers fell ill while handling African monkeys. Health authorities are understandably alarmed every time a Marburg outbreak ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.

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But in a statement, Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said after samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus. She said that the country had ...

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 ...

IANS Dar es Salaam, Jan 15 (IANS) Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Tanzania's northwestern region of Kagera, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

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DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - 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 ...

It can also infect non-human primates like apes and monkeys. In fact, the Marburg virus is named for a town in Germany where monkeys spread the disease to humans decades ago. Scientists caught the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed ... the first cases were recorded in Germany and Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia ...