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 ...

Ghana has confirmed the first two fatal cases of Marburg virus disease, a deadly infliction in the same family as the Ebola virus. The two patients died in the same hospital in late June and their ...

An electron microscope photo of the Marburg virus. An outbreak of the deadly virus in the Central African country of Equatorial Guinea has been declared over by the World Health Organization.

Rwanda is currently grappling with an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus. According to the health ministry, the death toll has risen to 11, with at least 36 confirmed cases.

Here’s what you need to know An electron microscope photo of the Marburg virus. An outbreak of the deadly virus has been confirmed in the Central African country of Equatorial Guinea.

WHO declares outbreak of the disease after two die in Ghana In late June, two unrelated people — a 26-year-old man and a 51-year-old man in Ghana — died in hospital from the deadly virus ...

There have not been any reported cases of Marburg virus thus far in the US and the CDC said the risk of imported cases is relatively low. The virus' presence in both Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania ...

Earlier this year, Equatorial Guinea declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, with 11 confirmed deaths so far. The Marburg virus – a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever which affects both ...

Marburg virus disease can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it.

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 ...