DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment.

The virus is spread by the Egyptian fruit bat (Egyptian rousette bat), which is found in both Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, per the CDC. An infected human can transmit the disease to other ...

Previous Marburg virus disease outbreaks have also been documented in Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, and South Africa.

Yes - in 2021, Guinea reported West Africa's first ever case of Marburg. In 2022, Ghana declared its first ever outbreak, and Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea did the same in 2023.

Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana, according to WHO.

Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana, according to the WHO.

Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana.

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has been linked to nine cases and eight deaths, according to WHO. If confirmed, it would be the second Marburg virus outbreak in the country since 2023.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment. The World Health ...