This report examines the Marburg virus, a highly lethal pathogen with no known cure. Its rapid spread and severe symptoms ...

First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, this virus is also known as the 'bleeding eye' virus due to the strange symptoms that it can cause.

Marburg virus disease is a severe, acute viral hemorrhagic fever that can be fatal. It belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola, which has similarly impacted several African countries.

Infected people can further transmit the virus to others via their body fluids, such as blood, urine, saliva, feces, or semen. About 50% of the people who get Marburg virus disease die.

Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals. AFP via Getty Images This is the second outbreak of Marburg ...

On 6 August 2021, the Ministry of Health of Guinea informed WHO of a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Guéckédou Prefecture, Nzérékoré Region, south-western Guinea. The village ...

Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal disease. The virus causes a severe viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the World Health Organization.

WHO welcomes end of Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania By Reuters March 13, 20253:13 AM PDTUpdated March 13, 2025 ...

The last Marburg outbreak in Tanzania came in March 2023 when six people died from the virus in the Bukoba district. " [We] would like to assure the international organizations, including WHO ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros ...

Tanzania Confirms New Outbreak Of Marburg Virus By AFP - Agence France Presse Jan 20, 2025, 10:49 am EST Share ...

Marburg virus disease is a severe, acute viral hemorrhagic fever that can be fatal. It belongs to the same family of viruses as Ebola, which has similarly impacted several African countries.