Kigali, RWANDA -- Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just ...

A rare, hemorrhagic virus in central Africa has claimed eight lives so far. Most of those affected in the Rwandan outbreak of ...

The deadly Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no ...

Rwanda is dealing with it's first-ever outbreak of the virus Marburg. It is related to Ebola and has a mortality rate of as high as 88%. Experts are concerned that health care professionals have been ...

Kigali: Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that can cause death, among some patients, the country's health ministry said on Friday. It said in a ...

Six people have been killed in Rwanda in an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the country's health ministry said on Saturday. The highly virulent ...

Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg ... Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to people from fruit bats. It then spreads through ...

Olaro said the ministry has acquired 25,000 Ebola vaccine regimens. The two-dose regimen has previously been used in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, with “Zabdeno” ...

Rwanda has reported six deaths and 20 confirmed cases of Marburg ... With a fatality rate as high as 88%, Marburg is related to Ebola and is transmitted to humans from fruit bats and then spreads ...

It has been previously utilised for preventive vaccination in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. That Uganda has received thousands of Ebola vaccines should be good news. However ...

Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease ... With a fatality rate of as high as 88 percent, Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to ...