West Africa: Cameroon, Gabon Reinforce Travel Restrictions After Equatorial Guinea Confirms Marburg Cases
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon and Gabon have stepped up border security after neighboring Equatorial Guinea confirmed a spreading Marburg virus has killed at least nine people. Despite the controls, people are still traveling across the porous borders, raising fears the virus that causes hemorrhagic fever could spread. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Deadly Marburg Virus Spreads to Tanzania for the First Time
Tanzania reported its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney failure.
Testing by the east African country confirmed the presence of the highly virulent disease that causes hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization said in a statement late Tuesday. Five of the eight cases in Tanzania’s northwest Kagera region have died and another 161 contacts have been identified and are being monitored, the WHO said.
Tanzania is the second African country this year to report its first Marburg outbreak after Equatorial Guinea in February d...
Source: TIME: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Janice Kew/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Africa: Africa CDC in Collaboration With Institut Pasteur De Dakar (IPD) Organized a Training On Molecular Diagnosis of Marburg Virus
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- On 27 February 2023, the Africa CDC, in collaboration with Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), launched a 3-day training on molecular diagnosis of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD). The training workshop targeted 10 participants from 5 African Union (AU) Member States: Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria At Risk of Marburg Virus Disease - NCDC
[Vanguard] Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, weekend said Nigeria was at risk of Marburg virus disease (MVD) following the outbreak of the disease in Equatorial Guinea. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is a concern — and a chance for progress
Marburg virus is hard to detect early on--and goes on to kill about half its victims. Researchers hope to work quickly during this outbreak to make progress on emerging vaccines and treatments. (Image credit: Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fran Kritz Source Type: news
Africa: What Is Marburg Virus and Should We Be Worried?
[The Conversation Africa] An epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, was confirmed this week, the first time the virus has occurred there. At least 16 cases have been detected, and nine deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
All you need to know about Marburg - one of world's deadliest viruses that's now spreading in Africa
Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already killed nine in Equatorial Guinea. Two suspected cases have since been spotted in neighbouring Cameroon. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea: Press Release On Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea
[Africa CDC] Addis Abeba, Ethiopia -- On 13 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH) of Equatorial Guinea reported a confirmed Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in the Kie Ntem province in the North Western part of the country. One confirmed case, nine deaths and 16 suspected cases have been reported from two communities in this province. This is the first MVD outbreak that has ever been declared in Equatorial Guinea. The source of this outbreak is still unclear and genome sequencing results are still pending. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What You Need To Know About The Outbreak Of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever In Equatorial Guinea And Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea has reported nine deaths and sixteen suspected cases of Marbug virus disease, and Cameroon has reported an additional two suspected cases, in an outbreak that began on February 7, 2023. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John Drake, Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea Confirms First Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease
DAKAR, Senegal — The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country.
In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency confirmed the epidemic after samples from Equatorial Guinea were sent to a lab in Senegal to pinpoint the cause of disease after an alert from a local health official last week.
The WHO said there were currently nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting. The agency said it was s...
Source: TIME: Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
What Do We Know About Marburg Virus Disease?
(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization announced that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after one sample tested positive. Nine deaths and 16 suspected cases have also been linked to the outbreak... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What to know about the deadly Marburg virus as new outbreak emerges
Closely related to Ebola, the Marburg virus has killed at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea. Its symptoms include severe hemorrhaging. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adela Suliman Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Confirms First-Ever Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Malabo -- Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country's western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
One of world's deadliest diseases kills nine in Equatorial Guinea
It marks the first time the pathogen has ever been seen in Equatorial Guinea, which is now scrambling to contain the outbreak. Hundreds of people are suspected to be infected with the virus. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
