Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

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 ...

The illness is spread by the Marburg virus, which is found in the urine, saliva and excrement of Egyptian rousette bats. The virus can pass to humans through contact with these substances.

Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...

Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...

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

Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between humans through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or contaminated surfaces ...

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease ...

NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

The announcement on Monday confirmed the presence of the virus, which is similar to Ebola, and is known for its high mortality rate. Marburg, which originates in fruit bats, spreads to humans ...