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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]
CryoEM reconstruction of a section of the Marburg virus nucleocapsid. EMDB entry. [10] [11]Marburg virus was first described in 1967. [12] It was discovered that year during a set of outbreaks of Marburg virus disease in the German cities of Marburg and Frankfurt and the Yugoslav capital Belgrade.
A Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania was first reported on 21 March 2023 by the Ministry of Health of Tanzania. [111] This was the first time that Tanzania had reported an outbreak of the disease.
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.
Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu ...
Named after Marburg, Germany, which suffered an outbreak in 1967, the virus has historically been linked to research involving infected monkeys. The disease has since remained rare but lethal ...
The Marburg virus disease made reappearances in other countries in 1975, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1998–2000, 2004–05, 2007, 2008, 2017 and 2021-24. The seven deaths out of the 31 initially diagnosed infections during the 1967 Marburg virus outbreak represent a case fatality rate of 23%. The 32nd case was diagnosed retroactively via serology. [5]
Health officials in Rwanda declared a Marburg virus disease outbreak in late September, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of the end of October, there have been 66 confirmed ...