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.

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.

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.

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, a top health official said Sunday.

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.

Eight people have died in Tanzania’s Kagera region following a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus disease, according to the World Health Organization. The virus, related to Ebola and ...

This is the second outbreak of Marburg in Kagera since 2023. It comes exactly a month after Rwanda, which shares with a border with Kagera, declared its own outbreak of the disease was over.