US Health Body warns of deadly Marburg Virus after outbreak in Africa
All travelers going to Guinea and Tanzania have been urged by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take necessary precautions to avoid catching the fatal virus. According to WHO, Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans. Marburg...
All travelers going to Guinea and Tanzania have been urged by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take necessary precautions to avoid catching the fatal virus.
According to WHO, Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans. Marburg virus disease was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, Serbia.
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