Marburg

Seven people have been killed in an outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, with a further 20 deaths “probably" due to the hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization had said on Thursday. Authorities in Tanzania’s northwestern…

How deadly is Marburg?Marburg is one of the deadliest pathogens known to man.The WHO says it has a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of up to 90 percent.But experts estimate that it probably sits closer to the 50 percent mark, similar to its…

Lab tests were carried out after eight people in the region developed symptoms of the “highly virulent” disease, including fever, vomiting, bleeding, and kidney failure. Five of the eight confirmed cases have died, including a health…

A man in Spain who was initially suspected of having the deadly Marburg disease tested negative on Saturday and does not have the virus, the Health Ministry said.Health authorities in Valencia earlier said they had detected the country's…

The World Health Organization this week confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea — the first time the tiny country in Central Africa has seen cases of the deadly illness.Marburg, which is related to Ebola, is already…

There are growing fears that the world could be caught off guard by a currently untreatable infection that kills up to 88 percent of the people it infects. On Monday, an outbreak of Marburg disease was declared in Equatorial Guinea after…

CNN  —  Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate…

An extremely deadly disease is feared to be spreading in Africa after Cameroon said it had detected two suspected cases of Marburg virus.A 16-year-old boy and girl from the commune of Olamze, about two miles from the border, showed signs of…

The rare yet severe viral haemorrhagic fever is similar to Ebola and has a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent.   So far, there have been nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit and…

Marburg fever is a close relative of Ebola. Pictured: Medical staff wear protective gear during a deadly Ebola epidemic that struck Guinea in 2015.— AFP/fileThe UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after…