Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. ... Belonging to the same family as Ebola, Marburg is even deadlier.

Marburg virus, like Ebola, ... This is the second outbreak of the virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region since 2023. A total of nine suspected cases were reported with six deaths in the region.

In 2023, another Marburg outbreak in Tanzania’s Kagera region lasted nearly two months, with nine cases and six deaths. “Zoonotic reservoirs, such as fruit bats, remain endemic to the area ...

Nine dead of Ebola-like ‘eye-bleeding disease’ with mortality rate of 90% in fresh outbreak triggering ‘pandemic fears ... The cases were reported in the Kagera region of Tanzani a.

WHO was the first to report on Jan. 14 a suspected outbreak of Marburg that had killed eight people in Tanzania’s Kagera region. Tanzanian health officials disputed the report hours later ...

The ongoing Marburg outbreak in northern Tanzania's Kagera region has killed at least two people, ... Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials.