Marburg virus

A mysterious disease that killed five people in Tanzania has been identified as Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a cousin of Ebola, the health ministry said.

“There is no need to panic or stop economic activities as Tanzania is not the first. The Marburg virus is a highly dangerous microbe which causes severe fever, often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure. The suspected natural source of the Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, which carries the pathogen but does not fall sick from it.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed that five people have died and three others are being treated for the Ebola-like ...

Seven people died who were exposed to the virus while conducting research on monkeys. Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the cases were identified in the western region of Kagera and the government had managed to control its spread to other regions.

An illness which has killed at least five people in Tanzania has been identified as Marburg, a highly infectious and deadly Ebola-like virus for which ...

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Tanzania's health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus.

“The disease is caused by the Marburg virus, a genetically unique zoonotic (or, animal-borne) RNA virus of the filovirus family. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the disease is rare but a severe hemorrhagic fever which affects both people and non-human primates. Tanzania’s health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus.

5 people, including a health worker, have died and 3 are receiving treatment, says WHO - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Marburg virus disease, which is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, is a highly virulent disease that causes hemorrhagic fever, with a fatality ratio of up to 88%. “We are working with the government to rapidly scale up control measures to halt the spread of the virus and end the outbreak as soon as possible,” Moeti said.

Tanzania reported its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney ...

This is the first time a confirmed case of MVD is reported in Tanzania. Kagera region is located in north-western Tanzania and is bordered by Uganda to the ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a continental autonomous Public Health agency of the African Union which supports Member States in their efforts to strengthen health systems and improve surveillance, emergency response, prevention and control of diseases. The Africa CDC mission is to strengthen Africa’s public health institution’s capacities, capabilities and partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks based on science, policy, and data-driven interventions and programmes. The African Union spearheads Africa’s development and integration in close collaboration with African Union Member States, the Regional Economic Communities and African citizens. Currently, two African Union Member States (Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania) are reporting active MVD outbreaks. ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 22 March 2023: On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Bukoba district, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. We urge members of the public to continue sharing information in a timely manner with the authorities to enable a most effective response.

Tanzania's Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu who on March 21, 2023 said an illness that killed five and left three people in critical condition in Kagera region ...

Tanzania has confirmed that a disease that killed five people and left three others in critical condition in the Kagera region is the Marburg haemorrhagic fever. According to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Marburg virus disease is a rare but severe haemorrhagic fever that affects both people and non-human primates. Tanzania confirms Marburg virus disease killed 5 people in Kagera

Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World ...

It then spreads through contact with bodily fluids of infected people. The three who survived were getting treatment, with 161 contacts being monitored. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Three of the eight confirmed cases are receiving treatment even as 161 contacts are being monitored, according to WHO.

The WHO [intensified surveillance](/news/2023/2/15/who-intensifies-surveillance-in-e-guinea-after-marburg-outbreak) in the Central African nation, deploying health emergency experts in epidemiology, case management, infection prevention, laboratory and risk communication to boost the country’s response. It then spreads through contact with bodily fluids of infected people. “The efforts by Tanzania’s health authorities to establish the cause of the disease is a clear indication of the determination to effectively respond to the outbreak,” said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa.

Tanzania's health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus.

“The disease is caused by the Marburg virus, a genetically unique zoonotic (or, animal-borne) RNA virus of the filovirus family. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the disease is rare but a severe hemorrhagic fever which affects both people and non-human primates. Tanzania’s health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has confirmed a mysterious disease that has killed five people to be the Marburg virus.

Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania's north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly ...

Last July, two people in Ghana died from the virus and 98 contacts were quarantined. The virus was first identified in 1967, after 31 people were infected and died simultaneously in Germany and Serbia. Recent Marburg infections and fatalities have been centred on the African continent, where hundreds of people have died from the virus in the past.

Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the cases were identified in the western region of Kagera and the government had managed to control its spread to other ...

Seven people died who were exposed to the virus while conducting research on monkeys. Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the cases were identified in the western region of Kagera and the government had managed to control its spread to other regions.

News and Press Release in English on United Republic of Tanzania about Health and Epidemic; published on 21 Mar 2023 by WHO.

The virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. We are working with the government to rapidly scale up control measures to halt the spread of the virus and end the outbreak as soon as possible,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa. Tanzania’s National Public Health Laboratory analysed samples to determine the cause of illness after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure.

The World Health Organization has put Kenya on notice following the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania on Tuesday.

“It is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. This is because both diseases share similarities and are highly fatal in terms of presentation, testing, management, and infection control among others. In her address to the media, Mwalimu said that three people are in the hospital and the ministry is tracing 161 contacts.

Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country's north-west.

[MVD](https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/index.html) was first discovered in 1967 in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany and Belgrade, Serbia. “We urge members of the public to continue sharing information in a timely manner with the authorities to enable a most effective response.” There have been [several outbreaks](https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/outbreaks/chronology.html) since its discovery, with the worst being Angola in 2004-2005, where there were 252 cases and 227 deaths. “We are working with the government to rapidly scale up control measures to halt the spread of the virus and end the outbreak as soon as possible.” [World Health Organization](https://www.afro.who.int/countries/united-republic-of-tanzania/news/tanzania-confirms-first-ever-outbreak-marburg-virus-disease) (WHO). Tanzania is battling the virus for the first time, just a month after

Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the country's northwest Kagera region, ...

We are working with the government to rapidly scale up control measures to halt the spread of the virus and end the outbreak as soon as possible,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization ( “The lessons learnt, and progress made during other recent outbreaks should stand the country in good stead as it confronts this latest challenge,” said Dr Moeti. The agency also identified 161 contacts of those infected, who are currently being monitored.