Nine dead of Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ with mortality rate of 90% in fresh outbreak triggering ‘pandemic fears’
NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...
Outbreak Kills 8, Suspected Marburg Virus Has Terrifying 88% Fatality Rate
WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.
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Marburg Bat Virus With 88% Fatality Rate Has Spread to Another Country
Shamim Chowdhury is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on major international breaking news stories, in particular, conflicts, refugees and natural disasters. She has reported ...
The Independent25d
Bleeding eye disease kills eight after outbreak in new country
Named after Marburg, Germany, which suffered an outbreak in 1967, the virus has historically been linked to research involving infected monkeys. The disease has since remained rare but lethal ...
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What Is Marburg Virus? Eight Killed In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania
It can also infect non-human primates like apes and monkeys. In fact, the Marburg virus is named for a town in Germany where monkeys spread the disease to humans decades ago. Scientists caught the ...
The Sun25d
Fears new Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ outbreak that’s killed 8 might spread globally as more cases ‘expected’
The first outbreaks occurred in 1967 in lab workers in Germany and Yugoslavia who were working with African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg ...
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Outbreak of fatal ‘eye-bleeding disease’ confirmed as WHO works to prevent further spread
The first outbreaks occurred in 1967 in lab workers in Germany and Yugoslavia who were working with African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg ...
Metro19d
Deadly Marburg virus found in Tanzania – why is it so fatal?
Marburg virus was first documented in 1967 in laboratories in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade in modern-day Serbia. According to the World Health Organisation, the incubation ...
Yahoo24d
CDC will begin screening travelers from Rwanda for Marburg virus at 3 US airports
The virus causes a severe viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization. It was first detected in 1967 during twin outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and Belgrade ...
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Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania; WHO warns of potential spread
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 ...
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Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says
NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an ...