Suspected Marburg virus outbreak reported in Tanzania

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday announced a suspected Marburg virus outbreak affecting a part of Tanzania that has previously experienced an outbreak. The group said it received report on January 10 from reliable in-country sources of six suspected cases in Kagera region, five of them fatal. The patients had similar viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) symptoms, which included headache, high fever, muscle pain, diarrhea, and vomiting

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