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Alfred Lasteck - BBC News, Dodoma. January 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM. ... (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country.
Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment. ...
The Marburg virus disease, a rare but severe haemorrhagic fever, shares similarities with Ebola. Symptoms often begin within two to 21 days of exposure and include fever, headache, muscle pain ...
The cases were later confirmed as Marburg virus infection and announced as an outbreak on 21 March 2023. [3] Though there is an ongoing outbreak of marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea , so far, there is no evidence of an epidemiological link between the two outbreaks.
The Marburg virus, which causes bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth, can be fatal in up to 90% of those infected Science Photo Library/Getty Stock image of the Marburg virus.
Marburg virus disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever which affects people and primates. The disease can cause serious illness or death. [ 5 ] The virus was first discovered in 1967 after outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt , Germany , which had been linked to lab work involving African green monkeys from Uganda . [ 6 ]
Officials are warning of “bleeding eyes” virus, a.k.a. Marburg virus, after deaths in Rwanda. Here doctors share symptoms, treatments, and prevention.
On 13 February 2023, the World Health Organization and Equatorial Guinea's health ministry announced that one of the samples sent to the Pasteur Institute laboratory in Senegal had tested positive for Marburg virus. [8] At that time, there were 25 suspected cases, including 9 deaths. The condition of the confirmed case was not reported. [3]