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

The World Health Organisation warned that the risk of the outbreak spreading to neighbouring countries is high.

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Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region of northwestern Tanzania, with nine people reportedly infected, of whom eight have ...

The disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

A fruit bat is seen at Bristol Zoo in England on Wednesday ... We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." The WHO has assessed the risk from the suspected ...

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

"We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves." Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the ...