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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus

The two patients in southern Ghana had symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting before they died in hospital.

‘Rat fever’ in Tanzania follows deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana

Ghana has confirmed its first outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus which is similar to Ebola and spread to humans by bats, days after the United Nations reported a huge jump in zoonotic outbreaks in Africa.Health workers are racing to trace the contacts of two men who died in hospital aft

Ghana declares outbreak of Marburg virus disease

Last week, samples from two people in the southern Ashanti region suggested the Marburg virus and the samples had been sent to the Pasteur Institute in Dakar (IDP) for confirmation, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) had said

World Health Organization declares Marburg outbreak in Ghana

The World Health Organization has declared Ghana's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cases announced earlier this month.

Two dead as Ghana confirms its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday in a statement.

Ghana confirms two cases of highly infectious Marburg virus

Total of 98 people now under quarantine as suspected contact cases