The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

Once a person becomes infected, they can transmit the virus to others via their own bodily fluids. It can also infect non-human primates like apes and monkeys. In fact, the Marburg virus is named ...

The Kenyan government is on high alert following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. On September 27, Rwanda reported an outbreak, with over 50 people infected and 13 deaths recorded.

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country ... strain and infection management. The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats. It spreads among ...

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-west Tanzania, saying that at least eight people have already been killed by the ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.

WHO said it received reports on Jan. 10 and Jan. 11 of nine people ... diseases like Marburg that cannot be tested in traditional ways. Thousands of doses of investigational Marburg virus vaccine ...

Since the country officially announced the outbreak last week, ten people have tested positive for Marburg virus, a highly infectious ... and it causes an illness like Ebola, with fever, headache ...

"We do not recommend travel or trade restrictions with Tanzania at this time." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus has been detected in northern ... can die depending on the strain and infection management. How does it spread? The virus is transmitted to people from fruit ...

KIGALI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 856 people have been vaccinated against the Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana announced Thursday. The government has utilized ...