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A Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania was first reported on 21 March 2023 by the Ministry of Health of Tanzania. This is the first time that Tanzania has reported an outbreak of the disease. On 2 June 2023, Tanzania declared the outbreak over.
A Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania was first reported on 21 March 2023 by the Ministry of Health of Tanzania. This was the first time that Tanzania had reported an outbreak of the disease. On 2 June 2023, Tanzania declared the outbreak over. There were 9 total infections, resulting in 6 total deaths. Research
See Ghana Marburg virus outbreak 2022. Feb 2023: Equatorial Guinea: 25 11 44% See Equatorial Guinea Marburg virus outbreak 2023. Mar 2023: Tanzania: 8 5 63% "Five dead as Tanzania detects first-ever Marburg virus outbreak". aljazeera
The average fatality rate of Marburg is 50%, according to WHO, but the case fatality ratio of past outbreaks has ranged from 25% to about 90%, Amira Roess, Ph.D., professor of global health and ...
A 2004 outbreak in Angola saw the virus kill off 90 per cent of the 252 people infected. What is Marburg virus? It is a hemorrhagic fever virus from the same family as the virus that causes Ebola.
The rare virus was first identified in 1967 after it caused simultaneous outbreaks of disease in laboratories in Marburg, Germany and Belgrade, Serbia. Seven people died who were exposed to the ...
A disease outbreak was first reported in Equatorial Guinea on 7 February 2023 and, on 13 February 2023, it was identified as being Marburg virus disease. It was the first time the disease was detected in the country. As of 4 April 2023, there were 14 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases, including ten confirmed deaths from the disease in ...
The World Health Organization hopes to test an experimental Marburg virus vaccine in Equatorial Guinea, where a new outbreak was just announced.