A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
Arusha, Tanzania — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.
Infectious Marburg disease — with 88% fatality rate — is discovered in remote corner of Tanzania
Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.
WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania
The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania
Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial
Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a press conference on Monday that health authorities had confirmed one case of Marburg in the north-western region of Kagera.
Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far. "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam,
Screening enhanced as Marburg virus is reported in Tanzania
The Ministry of Health has enhanced surveillance and screenings in all points of entry to the country following reports of a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania. Last week, the World Health Organisation announced a suspected Marburg virus outbreak which has affected part of the neighbouring country.
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