Category: Marburg Virus
CDC Statement on Marburg Cases in Rwanda
CDC CDC is aware of 26 individuals with Marburg virus disease, as confirmed by the Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Health. According to the Ministry, eight of those individuals have died. CDC is in communication with health officials in the Republic of Rwanda and across the region. To date, no cases of Marburg virus disease related […]
Oct 1, 2024
Rwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
CNN For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no treatment or vaccines for Marburg, and it has a fatality rate of 88%. So far, 26 people have gotten sick, 18 are […]
Oct 1, 2024
The SPIN framework to control and prevent the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
NIH Abstract A full grasp of the epidemiological factors promoting transmission is necessary for responding to highly infectious diseases, which involves their control and prevention. With the recent outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Equatorial Guinea, we saw the need to re-shed some technical light based on our field experiences and published literature. We […]
Jun 6, 2023
Tanzania Declares End of Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak
VOA Tanzania on Friday declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus, more than two months after it was first confirmed, the World Health Organization said. Nine cases – eight confirmed and one probable – and six deaths were recorded in the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in the northwestern region of […]
Jun 6, 2023
Equatorial Guinea declares end of Marburg outbreak
LaPresensa Equatorial Guinea’s vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, declared late Monday an end to a Marburg virus outbreak, which caused 17 confirmed cases in the country, including 12 deaths. “After not registering Marburg infections during the 21 days stipulated by the WHO, and after the excellent work and results obtained in the fight and […]
May 16, 2023
Marburg death toll in Tanzania rises to six after baby dies
East African Tanzanian health authorities on Saturday said that an 18-month-old child died of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern region of Kagera. The death of the child brought the country’s Marburg death toll to six since its outbreak in the region on March 21, 2023, the Minister of Health Ummy Mwalimu announced when she released an […]
May 2, 2023
Toll in Equatorial Guinea Marburg outbreak rises to 12
GMA Network The death toll in Equatorial Guinea from an outbreak of Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, has risen to 12, the health ministry said on Monday. The figures are a provisional toll based on lab-confirmed tests as of April 21, it said in an update, adding that 116 people were currently […]
Apr 25, 2023
WHO Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea where in the last week, two healthcare workers that had contracted the virus were discharged from a WHO supported treatment center. There has now been a total of 16 laboratory-confirmed MVD cases. Among these cases, 11 people have died. 23 probable cases of MVD have also been reported […]
Apr 18, 2023