Investigations underway to determine cause of disease which has infected over 1,000 people; 60 deaths registered in Equateur ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in ... and discuss the pathogenesis and possible options for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories ... although the death rate can be brought down significantly with early treatment and rehydration. Scientists are working on vaccines ...

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region. In a statement, WHO’s ...

This is the latest viral epidemic to hit the East African region in the past year, following outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox diseases among others. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...

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Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg virus. Symptoms recorded so far of the unknown disease in the DRC include fever, chills, headache, body aches ...

Trump issued executive orders that withdrew the US from WHO and halted USAID funding, which also keeps people uninformed of disease outbreaks.

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.