WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern ...

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The Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola, is a deadly disease that causes haemorrhaging and has a high mortality rate.

The 2 positive cases are among 31 samples tested, and officials are considering use of antivirals and experimental vaccine.

Tanzania is grappling with a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease which has already claimed at least eight lives ...

Tanzania faces a deadly Marburg virus outbreak claiming 8 lives in Kagera Learn about the virus containment efforts and ...

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

Eight people have been killed in a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region of Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization. Nine cases have been ...

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

Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive ...

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg has been confirmed in Tanzania, a week after authorities denied there was an outbreak.