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

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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An outbreak of an Ebola-like virus has been detected in the East African country of Tanzania. So far, only one person has tested positive for Marbug virus, said officials ...

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus, first recognized in ... [+] 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human ...

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 ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far.

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the capital, Kampala, with the first case being a man who died on ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg disease, a virus with a ...

Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Virus Kills Eight in Tanzania, WHO Says NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of ...